Re: Mac fork stipper program MIA (needed for A2s)

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5fd2rj$21nq@uni.library.ucla.edu>,
 <pubpc1@library.ucla.edu> wrote:
>Nate, I've heard (but do not know for sure) that there was an
>Applesoft BASIC program (with ML routines) that ran on an 8-bit A2
>under ProDOS and stripped resource forks.  Maybe Rubywand can help
>because it was supposedly in an issue of II Alive a few years ago.

   As I note in the FAQ in that section on removing Mac rforks, the
problem occurs most in getting their first copy of Binscii running on
an Apple II. These fork removers are packed in .BSQ archives. Can you
spot the problem that arises? [Tip: they can't deal with binscii or
shrinkit, and you hand them a binscii'd file. Might as well hand them
a copy of Binscii recorded to an 8-track tape and tell them to use the
cassette port while they're at it :]

   Sorry, already know about that 'solution', but if the problem's
created on the mac end of downloading, it'll need to be solved on the
mac end. I want solutions that work as close as possible to 100% of
the time for the FAQ.

Nathan Mates

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