Re: Weird file type?!?

[dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <199307050643.AA13208@unvax.union.edu> PEEKB@GAR.UNION.EDU ("Brian Peek, w/ A. Rauch ", CABBS) writes:
> I downloaded the PEPSI BBS from grind.isca.uiowa.edu and when I un-binsciied
> it, it became an Archival Library file with the type and aux type of
> $LBR ($E0) and $8102 respectively.  I have absolutely no idea how to
> unpack this file.

Ah, the good old GSCII+ bug strikes again.  This one hits me with 95%
of the BinSCII files I receive from comp.binaries.apple2.

The auxiliary type has been corrupted when the BinSCII archive was
created.  It should actually be $8002, which is a NuFX (ShrinkIt)
archive.  If you click on the "show all files" button in GS ShrinkIt's
open file dialog, then the archive will appear and you'll be able to
un-shrink it.


When creating a BinSCII archive, GSCII+ corrupts the auxiliary type if
it is $8000 or higher.  The auxtype written to the archive is $0100
higher than it is supposed to be.

The ProDOS-8 "BINSCII" program doesn't have this bug.
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David Empson
dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz