Re: SHK (ShrinkIt) files and PCs

["Bill Garber" <willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net>]

"Phoenyx" <quazar222@dcnet-20-00.com> wrote in message
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> On 25 Sep 2003 16:42:10 -0500
> 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.  Is this the case?  I'm
> > asking because I have a few SHK files on my PC that I'd like to
> > transfer over to my IIgs, but if the files are damaged, I'm not
> > going to waste my time.
>
> The download problem usually happens due to improper downloading.
> Generally speaking, you should have the browser use it's save as
> function, usually by right clicking. What you need is simply a binary
> download method and some web-servers/browsers get confused with Apple
> II file extensions. Straight transfers should work fine though.
>
> You could test them with an emulator or the nulib utilities.

CiderPress is great for that, and it's very reasonably priced.
You can also convert file archives to disk archives and vise-
versa. You can extract a file from one image and save the
Apple II attributes then readd the file to another image. I love
that feature. I've had the pleasure of mixing and matching
utilities from several disks onto one before taking it to the
Apple to make into a real disk. It's great. Here's the link.

http://www.faddensoft.com/ciderpress/download.htm

Hope you like as much as I do.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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