Re: RFC: downloading info for c.s.a2 FAQ

[gdr@eddore.myrias.com (Devin Reade)]

In article <4v8trl$stc@darla.visi.com>, Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:
>
>   [There used to be details about older Apple II packing programs in
>the FAQ, but as they're pretty much never used anymore, the info on
>them has been relegated to the 'obsolete' section of the
>comp.sys.apple2 FAQ at
>http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/old_csa2.html]

As long as the comp.sources.apple2 newsgroup exists, there should
still be reference to the unpaff (upaff?) program.  The 'obsolete'
section (with a caveat that it is -- technically -- not obsolete) would
probably be sufficient.

>   Use the basic command 'RUN' (no "s) to run this program. After it

s/"/'/

>You _MUST_ use the binscii program that was detailed in stage, or wait
>for GS-Shrinkit 1.1A.

s/detailed in stage,/detailed in stage 1,/

>3D) From email or comp.binaries.apple2, the files are pretty much
>always in BINSCII format, so you do not need to worry about binary
>downloading.  

You may want to mention that the parts of a binscii file need not
be in sequence.

>[They do not automatically support multiple part decoding]

Perhaps I'm misinterpreting your statement, but I believe you can
extract the binscii pieces on separate runs of sciibin/gscii+ and
still get a good *.shk file provided you get all the pieces.

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	Devin Reade	gdr@eddore.myrias.ab.ca