Re: help with the ground's archives

[Andrea <shadoooo@yahoo.co.uk>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> I wrote (!):
> 
> >Michael Maginnis wrote:
> >
> >>Need some help getting binscii (or any other IIgs compression program)
> >>to recognize the archives from the ground ftp site.  
> >>
> >>Here's how I'm transferring:
> >>
> >>download to a windoze xp machine
> >>transfer to hfs-formatted zip cart via TransMac
> >>attempt to open archives on the iigs using various compression apps
> >>
> >>None of them will recognize the files as archives.  This method has
> >>worked with every other type of archive I've tried (sdk, shk, bxy,
> >>etc).  I've tried trimming the extraneous text at the top of the files
> >>(everything above the "Filestart" line) and transferring the files
> >>both as text and data, with no luck.
> >>
> >>I've no intention of using the null-modem cable / adt method to
> >>transfer files, so if someone has a solution to offer that works with
> >>the zip-drive method, i'd appreciate it.
> >
> >Your method will work, but BINSCII is not a compression program--
> >it's an _expansion_ program!  ;-)
> >
> >It is in the same spirit as B64--it simply encodes a binary file
> >into the 7-bit ASCII character set.
> 
> I should have pointed out that it actually encodes into a 6-bit
> subset of the 7-bit ASCII code.  ;-)
> 
> >You need an un-BINSCII program on the Apple end.  (Actually,
> >you could un-BINSCII on the Windows machine, since your
> >transport path from there on supports binary.)
> >
> >BINSCII is available for 8-bit Apples (and gsCII or something for
> >the IIgs) on ground, caltech, or almost any archive.
> >
> >With binary file transfers now ubiquitous, BINSCII is no longer
> >needed except to un-BINSCII very old files or files posted in
> >an ASCII "binaries" newsgroup.
> 
> -michael
> 
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It is possible to compile SCIIBIN for UNIX also under DOS/WIN32.
Use a standard ANSI C++ compiler