Re: not there yet (FAQ info)

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

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In article <5hehm8$cff$8@news.vanderbilt.edu>,
Tilghman Lesher <Smarter%than%Spam@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> wrote:

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>: Here are the steps involved in downloading a file on  a Mac and bringing 
>: it to an Apple II.
>
>: a) Download a copy of ProType from a Mac ftp site
>: b) Put that on the desktop
>: c) Download any files wanted
>: d) Drag them into the ProType app
>: e) Place them on a ProDOS disk
>: f) put the disk in the Apple II
>: g) Unshrink the files
>
>1) Get a copy of HC.BXY.FIX (S16) from your local UG.
>2) Download any files wanted on your mac.
>3) Xfer to your IIGS.
>4) Run HC.BXY.FIX, selecting each file you want converted.
>5) Unshrink the files.
>
>It was possible, all this time, to do this operation on your
>IIGS, and nobody mentioned this obvious solution.  Amazing
>that the mac freaks are convinced that the power of their
>machine cannot be superceded by the power of the IIGS...

Hey Beavis, there never was a problem with extended files on a IIgs. You
don't need no stinkin' HC.BXY.FIX or anything else on a IIgs, since GSHK
can open even forked files. Likewise, even 8 bit Shrinkit can open forked
files as long as they're on a server volume. So there is only a problem
when you can only use ProDOS 8 AND you have to use sneakernet to transfer 
files. Try paying more attention from now on.

>: I hope this will end this war, now. What should be done is to place a copy
>: of ProType in the mac folder at ground, note this in the FAQ, and then let
>: this matter be.  I request someone with access to the file upload it to
>: ground in Stuffit form, and write an email to the ground administrator
>: requesting him to place it in the mac folder.
>
>I think HC.BXY.FIX was there all along.

Since such a program is superfluous, why bother mentioning it?
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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