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For most users, it doesn't do anything :-)  It set(s)up an Appleshare 2.0 or
3.0 server so a IIe or IIGS can boot off of a server thru an AppleTalk network.
each new version of GS/OS requires a new setup disk. (ss5.0.4 = v2.1.3,
ss6.0 = v2.2, ss6.0.1 = v3.0).  I think a IIe can boot regardless of the
setup disk used, but I guess it could be ProDos version dependent - I don't
know.

I just managed to discover how to unpack the file today.  Its a binhex4 file.
One must delete all the preliminary license information from the file so it
is just binhex data.  Then BinHex4.0 (on a Mac) will create a .sea (self-
extracting application (stuffit) file.  Launching this will create a DiskFit
disk image file.  DiskFit will then recreate a macintosh disk with Installer
and scripts for updating the server.  Whew!  I thought binscii/shrinkit was
cumbersome!  Anyway, most users don't need it.  Just users like me who like
the pain of network booting :-(

  --Steven Nelson                 steven-nelson@uiowa.edu