Re: <<<<<< FTP transfers HELP HELP HELP!!!! >>>>>>>

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <1993May5.025416.17337@guinness.idbsu.edu> Todd Whipkey writes:

>I have tried downloading software in just about every possible format,
>ranging from binary to binhex.  No matter how programs are transfered the
>mac reads them as text files.  Those same files are treated as text files
>on my IIGS.  What am I doing wrong.  If there is a common procedure for
>FTPing files to a IIGS format I would be extremely interested in that
>procedure.  
> The main program I have tried to transfer is system 6.0 and it is not
>compressed.

System 6.0 is Bin[NuFX]SCII compressed actually.  This means you should
transfer it as an ASCII text file to a HFS disk with a Mac, and then
use BinSCII, SSCII, or GSCII+ NDA on the IIgs to convert it to a ShrinkIt
(.SHK/.SDK) file.

For files that are already .SHK/.SDK, transfer them to the Mac as binary and
then use GS-ShrinkIt, ShrinkIt, or YankIt on the IIgs to extract them.  You
may need to have the ShrinkIts 'show all files' option on since the Mac will
likely give the files an incorrect type.




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