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Re: System 6 disks on Apple FTP toasted...

In article <DFvKLA.My7@actrix.gen.nz> dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:

> There are two versions of the System 6.0.1 files on ftp.support.apple.com.
[...]
> The other set can be extracted on a IIgs, with some difficulty.  They
> consist of a ShrinkIt disk image with a Binary II header (.bxy), with a
> 512-byte MacBinary II header (I think) in front of that.
> 
> All you have to do is get rid of the first 512 bytes and the result is
> a valid .bxy file, containing a shrunk disk image which can be
> extracted using GSHK or ShrinkIt for the IIe.

I'm glad to hear this.  Which disk is the one with the P8 ProDOS file?
I've been wanting to grab P8 v2.0.3 (or whichever is the absolute
latest) for a while.

Thanks.
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