Re: Mac to GS fie transfers, arghh!

[SteveB <sbigos@earthlink.net>]

In article <null-E0EB5E.16231826092008@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
 Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid> wrote:

> In article 
> <sbigos-00E9EB.15533226092008@70-3-168-216.area5.spcsdns.net>,
>  SteveB <sbigos@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > In article 
> > <sbigos-0CC943.12484426092008@70-3-168-216.area5.spcsdns.net>,
> >  SteveB <sbigos@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > So I have unpacked my old GS after many years and would like to get some 
> > > of the games I used to like on it, specifically Alien Mind, Gnarly Golf, 
> > > Zany Golf. After many hours of configuring my iMac G5 and old Color 
> > > Classic, I can download the games, ethernet transfer from the iMac OSX 
> > > to Color Classic with sys 7.6.1, can ProDOS format an 800k floppy, 
> > > however everything I downloaded seems to be too large to fit on a 800 k 
> > > floppy. 
> > > 
> > > Next I was apple to network the GS running 6.0.1 to the Color Classic 
> > > and transfer the files from the Mac to the GS hardrive, thought I was 
> > > home free....now the GS doesn't recognize the files, .sea files won't 
> > > open and can't open .shk files as I can't get GSShrinkIt to unpack on 
> > > the GS either. I'm sure I have file type/creator problems but don't know 
> > > how to solve this. Can I fix this on the Mac side or have to find a 
> > > filetype working program for the GS? How would I get that on the GS 
> > > anyway as I can't seem to work with the basic filetypes yet?
> > > 
> > > Anyone have a good explanation on how to start? Seems like I need to 
> > > start at some basis, get .sea to work, then .shk or some other 
> > > combination. I'm not ready to go through the emulator methods yet and 
> > > don't have much patience left to work through serial comm methods. I've 
> > > read tons of info on the web but can't get the basic files I need to 
> > > work to really get started.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > 
> > More info. I seem to be stuck in the loop described in the faq where I 
> > can't get a gsk, sea, or shk since I don't have the right software to 
> > start with on my GS. I tried the TCHANGE.BIN route, no go, so I'm doing 
> > something wrong. Not knowing exactly what the TCHANGE instructions all 
> > mean, I copied basic on my GS to the same floppy that contains 
> > TCHANGE.BIN, ran basic, try BLOAD TCHANGE.BIN, TTXT, A2048 (are those 
> > spaces after the commas?), the result is always FILE TYPE MISMATCH, 
> > making me think the TCHANGE.BIN I loaded onto the floppy (downloaded 
> > from web then onto a ProDOS disk from the Mac) is not a text file as 
> > it's supposed to be. Command-I on TCHANGE.BIN in GSOS says Kind:Unknown. 
> > Back to the file type circle....
> > 
> > Well, all I can think of now is to dig through old Apple Developer CDs I  
> > found and see if there is anything, but I doubt my CD600e will work on 
> > the GS.
> 
> Look for a Mac Program called ProType. It sets the correct 
> creator/filetype for ProDOS based on the extension. I seem to recall 
> that it'll also decode Binscii files.
> 
> If you can't find it, e-mail me and I'll track it down and send it to 
> you.
> 
> Greg Buchner

Thanks, Greg. ProTYPE worked great. I know have working Asimov and 
GSShrink on my GS. Now if I could get the flaky Appletalk to work each 
time, I'd be all set. Hopefully a reboot will fix it. I see a CFFA card 
in my future. Seems like that would be much easier. I did notice that 
ProTYPE seems to do nothing to .2mg files, although I was able to get 
those working without it.