Re: SHK (ShrinkIt) files and PCs

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <frn6nv41b7p7knpjihqm316ubopi4o4ge5@4ax.com>,
matt-s  <reply@this.group.com> wrote:
>I remember reading somwhere that downloading an SHK file with a PC
>program (IE, Netscape, WS_FTP, etc) renders the file useless.
>Something about damaging the resource fork.

There is (or should be) no resource fork associated with a ShrinkIt
archive...if there were, you wouldn't be able to work with the file under
ProDOS 8.

It's a good idea to make sure a ShrinkIt archive gets a Binary II header
before it gets sent to a non-Apple (II or Mac) system, but IIRC ShrinkIt
will open archives with an improper filetype/auxtype.  (The extension for a
ShrinkIt archive with a Binary II header should be .bxy, instead of .shk or
.sdk.)

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