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Re: Need help with BSCit2.1 and changing file type
- Subject: Re: Need help with BSCit2.1 and changing file type
- From: "macdog" <bigdog128@gmail.com>
- Date: 12 Apr 2007 06:29:35 -0700
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On Apr 10, 4:13 pm, "Jeff Blakeney"
<jeff.blake...@a2central.com.remove-hji-this> wrote:
> To: macdog
>
Shrinking a BSC file, which is the usual extension given to BINSCII
files that do not contain ShrinkIt files (and hopefully no other type
of
compressed file), will result in a ShrinkIt file that is smaller than
the BSC file. The same problem with multiple unshrinking/
unBINSCII'ing
still exists though. Better to shrink the file and then BINSCII it to
make a BSQ file if you need to transmit it over a 7 bit connection.
Maybe the problem was that there were shrinkit files in the BSC
files..and if I read your above statement correctly, if there were
shrinkit files, it should have been a BSQ extension. At any rate,
Biscit would not de-code the BSC archive correctly. Once I got GSCii
installed and ran it on the same BSC archive (gscii.bsc), it decoded
it correctly, and I was able to run ShrinkitGS and Un-archive the
files and everything works correctly. I appreciate all the info, as I
learned a lot from this.....and got a headache ;)
Jamie.