Re: Disk Images

[NO%lesh%SPAM%erjt%HERE@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

Dan Masterson (dmasters@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
: Tilghman Lesher (NO%lesh%SPAM%erjt%HERE@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) wrote:
: : markhass@calweb.com wrote:
: : : Now that I have downloaded some several tons of disk images how do I unpack,
: : : unzip,decompress or what ever I need to do to get them to a useful state
: : : of repair? BINSCII won't do it. Ballon and GSSHKIT won't do it. What is it
: : : that does it?

: : If the files end in .gz, you can erase them and start over.  There is
: : no way to gunzip files as of yet on the Apple IIgs.

: WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!  If you have GNO/ME or ORCA shell you can gunzip images.
: I've done it many times under GNO/ME so I know it works.

Yes, and it also crashes the computer.  If that's what you mean by "works",
then I can write a whole lot of stuff which also "works".

Hmmm, Microsoft Windows.

: : If they end in .dsk, you can use a decompression utility called Asimov
: : found on ground.isca.uiowa.edu.

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