Re: help with DOS.Master??

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Frank M. wrote:
> Can someone please help me out? I'm trying to get DOS.Master running in
> an emulator (and eventually my real II that has a CFFA) and can't get
> the BXY or SHK files to unpack with Shrinkit. If someone has a version
> on a 140k disk image or 2mg hard drive image, please send it to me!!
> I'm using Virtual ][ on a mac, so Vince Briel's .PO hard drive image
> will NOT work. It seems like it would be much easier to just copy using
> copy 2 plus than trying to unpack (which isn't working anyway).
>
> I've tried changing the file type and stripping headers, but Shrinkit
> refuses to open the file (gives an error and says it's not a valid
> archive). Any ideas what's going on? Is there some trick for getting
> the emulated computer or shrinkit to force recognize the file type? Is
> this a common problem with Shrinkit?

Shrinkit is one of the most universal tools.  When you run it and
attempt to open the archive file, use Open-Apple-S to toggle between
showing only "archive"-type files and all files.

When it shows all files, use the cursor keys to highlight the archive
you want to open and press enter.

You never need to change the type of a file to suit ShrinkIt.

-michael

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