Re: BINSCII problems...

[snelson@news.uiowa.edu (Steven Nelson)]

>>
>>>I, too, tried downloading the exec file and using 
>>>it. I does not work as advertised. It creates a binary BINSCII file, 
>>>which is about the same size a the system binscii file (which I have on 
>>>another disk). But, that binary file will not BRUN and the Prodos 
>>>Exerciser can not read the file type so I can change it to "sys". The 
>>>exerciser tells me that there is some problem with the file. In other 
>>>words, there seems to be some problem with that exec file, BINSCII.V103X 
>>>which is found on grind (I mean on "ground")
>>>
>>
>>    Maybe BINSCII.V103X on Ground' really is messed up. Maybe not. One
>>possible source of difficulty is that ShrinkIt-GS self-extracting files

There are several binscii basic.system/applesoft executable files on
ground (apple2/useful.stuff).  BINSCII.V103X does seem to be bad, although
I can't see where the problem is.  The code placed at e00 does not seem
to work to change the filetype to sys.  The code at f00 which reads the
encoded data seems to work.  The BSAVE command creates a bin file (
which I am not sure is valid), but the code at $e00 does generate an
error.

Use one of the other 3 executables.  They work, and generate binscii
version 1.03 correctly.  

  --Steve  (steven-nelson@uiowa.edu)
           (apple2pd@isca.uiowa.edu)