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Re: SHK (ShrinkIt) files and PCs
- Subject: Re: SHK (ShrinkIt) files and PCs
- From: mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)
- Date: 26 Sep 2003 22:25:48 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
- References: <vMOcb.5826$Rd4.4144@fed1read07>
- Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:35266
Scott Alfter replied:
>In article <20030925214527.10900.00000162@mb-m12.aol.com>,
>Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>>BTW, the official extension for a ShrinkIt archive with a Binary II
>>header is .bsq, but it doesn't matter much, since ShrinkIt will
>>look at the file and figure out what to do with it.
>
>.bsq is for compressed ("squeezed") archives created with BLU; IIRC, they
>used Binary II to bundle several files together. They were not at all
>common, at least not in the '90s. .bxy is correct for a ShrinkIt archive
>with a Binary II header.
Of course you are correct--my mistake. ;-)
-michael
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