Re: Distribution of Apple II, IIGS system software & HCGS

[rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com (Richard Der)]

johnlb@Primenet.Com (John Bowling) wrote:
>Daniel Zimmerman <dmz@cco.caltech.edu> wrote:
>>HyperCard IIGS can _only_ be legally obtained in two
>>ways: 1) on physical media, from a user group or other licensed
>>distributor, or 2) from one of Apple's FTP sites
>>(ftp.support.apple.com, ftptoo.support.apple.com and
>>ftp.info.apple.com are the major ones).
>
>As a test, I downloaded everything from the HyperCard IIGS directory
>of ftp.support.apple.com.  I tried using GSCII+, ShrinkIt (GS version),
>and MacBin.  None of them would accept the .BSQ (or whatever .B..
>designation) as input.  I was able to use GSCII+ to translate the
>.H.. versions into Mac format files, with resources.  These were
>all transfered with NC-FTP in binary format, and then with ZModem
>(ProTerm) to my GS, so the files were not corrupted in that process.
 
I believe Apple's site uses Macintosh disk images to store HyperCard
IIGS. There is only one program that seems to support this format on
the IIGS and it is distributed with Digisoft Innovation's CD-ROM.
The program is called "Clone".
 
Ideally, someone could make an arrangement with Digisoft to include
Clone at their site with a note or link directing people to Apple's
site. Thus, all the tools to obtain Hypercard electronically would be
in place.


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