Re: help with DOS.Master??

["Frank M." <frank_o_rama@hotmail.com>]

Thanks. I think a large part of my confusion is not knowing how
DOS.Master actually sets itself up on the computer with virtual
partitions. Another issue is that i'm not using the GS-version of
Shrinkit (which i think uses a different compression codec). I tried
the open-apple-S trick. no dice. Shrinkit says the file is "not a
recognized format" or some such.

Also, thanks to Henry Courbis for sending the new shrinkit files! I'll
have to try them out tonight.

-frank-



Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> 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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