Re: Getting files from a pc => mac => IIGS and/or a IIe

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <1134029837.373525.295400@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
 "Steve" <guardynz@gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks again for the further comments.  I did try to use Protype on the
> Mac but it wasn't recognised as a valid file/executable.  It wasn't
> possible to double click to open it or to drop other files onto it.

Did you expand it with StuffIt Expander first?  I downloaded the version 
I mentioned in another message in this thread, dropped it on StuffIt 
Expander and I got a folder with the App & a readme.  I tracked down an 
old binscii file I had sitting around, dropped it on ProType (this is 
running under Mac OS 9/Classic under OS X) and it decoded the file into 
a bunch of ShrinkIt archives.  (I downloaded a bunch of stuff from 
comp.binaries.apple2 long ago that I never decoded...)

> Also *.sea files (self extracting archives, right?) aren't recognised
> either (on the Mac).  Am I perhaps missing some crucial point here?  I
> should be able to put files on a PC floppy and then the Mac should read
> these natively (only with 8.3 filenames I notice).  Alternatively I've
> been using TransMac  Then I should be able to open the the files on the
> Mac and optionally run them if they are Mac files.
> For some reason this isn't working with the majority of files I
> download.  the exception being the MacOS 7.5.3 and the 7.5.5 update
> which seemed to be fine.

*.sea files can be either Mac or GS/OS self extracting archives.  If 
they're GS related, they certainly won't expand on the Mac.  If they're 
Mac related and not expanding, it may be because they're still text 
encoded or have a MacBinary wrapper around them.  Either way if they're 
a Mac file, StuffIt Expander (usually installed with the OS up until 
recently if I remember correctly) will take care of it.

> I guess what I need is some Mac software (like ProType perhaps) that
> will work for me.  Then I can use the localtalk connection to copy the
> files over to the IIGS ...

Once you get it working, it's great.  I had my GS connected to my Mac 
network for a few years.  It was nice at the time to use a Mac as an 
Apple II peripheral.  It was also a great way to backup my GS.  I was 
just able to back it up, using Bakkup from Salvation Supreme, to one 
large archive on an EZ-135 cart on my Mac.

Greg B.

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