Re: BINSCII problems...

[treiter@comet.net (Toby Reiter)]

In article <4g7106$mjj@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, rubywand@aol.com (RUBYWAND)
wrote:

> In article <4g3nlp$8b1@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
> mlamorte@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Mike LaMorte) writes:
> 
> >
> >I downloaded all the BINSCII files from grind, but it doesn't do
> anything!
> >I read all the instructions, and did everything like it told me, but
> still
> >no luck... I'm trying to get AMDOS to work, and I obviously need BINSCII
> >to do it. Any suggestions?
> >
> >
>    When you run the program named BINSCII and tell it to UnConvert a
> Binscii file, you usually end up with some kind of packed file, like an
> .SHK file. Sometimes, the sender does not add the .SHK (or whatever)
> suffix. You might try viewing the file in case the creator included some
> text info at the start.
> 
>     During the UnConvert, you should get a line or more of stuff showing
> that BINSCII is processing the file. Also, doing UnConvert on a Binscii
> file should change it. If UnConvert seems to work on the file, then you
> can try using ShrinkIt-GS. (You may have to set ShrinkIt's input to "all
> files" if the file does not end in .SHK.)
> 
>     If UnConvert does nothing, the file may not be a Binscii file or it
> may have been changed (damaged) during transmission.
I have tried BINSCII and I have tried GSCii+ and I have found the latter
to be the easiest.  If you have a GS I strongly recommend using it.

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