Re: convert Mac to Apple // files

[misty@idirect.com (Sid Stulberg)]

John Bowling (johnlb@primenet.com) wrote:
: In article <5588gb$29o@news.wco.com>,
: Charles T. Turley <cturley@wco.com> wrote:
: >Unfortunately, Caltech appears to be using ShrinkII on a Mac (PPC I 
: >think), which has many, many bugs, I've encountered when using it on my 
: >Mac's - with respect to unshrinking the archives it packs, via Shrinkit 
: >on the Apple II's or IIGS. My advise is go to Ground to get your Apple 
: >II and IIGS archives. The Ground ftp URL follows.
: >
: >ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/
: >
: >Ground has virtually everything that is offered via Caltech's Apple2 ftp 
: >site, with none of the ShrinkII/unshrinkit hassles. They have a great 
: >deal more than Caltech has also. IMHO - Ground is actually the most 
: >comprehensive Apple II ftp site on Earth! BTW - all of the AOL Apple II 
: >archives are in the process of being transfered to Ground also.
: >
: I checked out some of the things in the AOL area a couple of weeks ago,
: and some on them could not be uncompressed with the GS version of
: ShrinkIt.  Some archives with ....SHK names are not ShrinkIt archives.
: Others were corrupted, while some were fine.

: John

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Thanks John: EXACTLY my problem and the solutions offered by Tom Turley
and Nathan Mates do not work. (sob).

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