Re: HyperCard IIGS?

[o9938156@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (mark lyon)]

Bartell, Mike (RIMJB@ttacs3.ttu.edu) wrote:
: In <3i9qsa$ajs@condor.ic.net> platkus@falcon.ic.net writes:

: > Lim Thye Chean (ltchean@iss.nus.sg) wrote:
: > > First, thanks to everybody who points me to ftp.support.apple.com to get
: > > the HCIIGS bxy files.
: >
: > > But, now please HELP!!! I cannot get any of the files to work! This is my
: > > story:
: >
: > >           Lim Thye Chean: Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
: >
: >
: > Hey Thye Chean,
: >
: > I don't think your process is at fault.  I've ftp'd them to my unix
: > account and downloaded them directly onto my GS, and I get the same
: > end result that you do.  I think that the files are still messed up
: > on the ftp site.
: >
The files seem to have a few extra bytes tacked on the front.  If
you look at them, there should be a bunch of inverse '?'s and then
4 normal characters.  I believe you have to lose all the characters
before the 4 normal ones.  I don't remember the details, so you
would probably want to do this on a backup file until it works.
After you've gotten rid of the right characters, they work normally.

Mark Marr-Lyon
o9938156@unicorn.it.wsu.edu