Re: Third site for obtaining ProTYPE now in use!

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bjbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin) wrote:
in response to my reply:
>> The Macintosh is not the only computer that uses forked files.
>> The Apple IIgs under GS/OS also uses them.  In fact, most modern
>> GS specific desktop programs have a resource fork.  GS/OS system
>> sounds under System 6.0.1 are all resources.
>> 
>> Please push the ProTYPE solution for 8-bit Apple II users who
>> must use regular Shrink-It! and BINSCII, but know that with a
>> GS, all you need is GSHK and GSCII+.
>
>I want a solution that will work for ALL my Apple 2's.  I have a //c, //e,
>and //gs, and don't want to be stuck with something that will ONLY work on
>a gs if my GS happens to fail me and die!!  Hence ProTYPE.  That way I
>don't have to further deal with that issue on the Apple 2 end no matter
>what Apple 2 I use.  Plus, the GSHK & GSCII+ files MUST be dealt with using
>ProTYPE on the Mac end if you are downloading these two programs via the
>Mac (which I was)!!

You can get GSHK and GSCII+ on disk from Joe Kohn's SSII
organization (http://www.crl.com/~joko/).  As for 8-bit II's,
there is a ProDOS 8 Apple IIe/IIc program called A2FX that
reads 800K (or 1.44MB if you have a FDHD drive and controller)
Macintosh HFS disks, splits forked files, and types them,
all on the II side.  A2FX is also available on disk from Mr. Kohn.

I'm not saying ProTYPE is bad, just that there are other ways
(even on IIe and IIc computers).

Incidentally, I was all for putting the ProTYPE info in the FAQ,
but I also want A2FX info and GSHK/GSCII+/HFS FST info in the
same section.  I agree that the FAQ, before, made Mac to II
transfers unecessarily difficult.

-Scott G.