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Re: HCGS?

On 9 Sep 1995, Bryan K. Ogawa wrote:

> Jason Jeffries (JJeffries@psu.edu) wrote:
> > Where might I be able to find Hypercard GS? I couldn't find it in
> > bric-a-brac.apple.com or on caltech or grind...
> 
> try ftp.support.apple.com , in the directory
> 
> "/pub/apple_sw_updates/US/Apple II/HyperCard IIGS"
> 
> Note the spaces.  There are non-space aliases in each directory, so as 
> long as you take it one at a time, you'll get there OK, without having to 
> quote the spaces.
> 
> I believe this contains the infamous "extra bytes" file, which has a 
> header (MacBinary?) before the actual archive.  You'll have to strip the 
> header before GSHK will recognize the files.  I think I ended up writing 
> some C code to do it--does anyone have any such code handy?

The program to strip the extra bytes can be found on grind.isca.uiowa.edu
	hypermedia/hypercard/hchdrfix.bsq

	It works great used it myself...:-)
		Brian

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