Re: bsq

[David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz]

In article <1oav7nINN8ju@gap.caltech.edu> nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates) writes:
>
> There's a NDA out, GSCII+ 2.3.1 (latest version), but DON'T USE IT! It
> apparently adds extra zeroes to the file it's unpaking, so GSHK dies on files
> that it produces. If you have a shell like ORCA or GNO, try the utility
> sciibin or sscii (the former is at plains.nodak.edu in pub/apple2/executables;
> Caltech ought to have sscii but it apparently doesn't) and use them.

The only problem with the extra zeros on the end of the file is that an
SEA (self extracting archive) won't work - the System Loader refuses
to execute it, since it has a partial invalid segment header at the
end of the file.

It shouldn't affect normal NuFX (ShrinkIt) archives, since each thread
in the file starts with 'NuFX' - the extra zero bytes will just be
ignored.

By the way, GSCII+ and SSCII are by the same author (Derek Taubert?)
and both have the same bug with adding the extra zero bytes.

SCIIBIN is a UNIX program that extracts files from BinSCII archives.
You should only use it to extract .BSQ files (NuFX archive inside
BinSCII).
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David Empson

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