Subject: Re: Apple IIGS system disks Path: lobby!newstf02.news.aol.com!portc04.blue.aol.com!newsfeed.wli.net!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!cyclone.swbell.net!typhoon01.swbell.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3726ACF7.5D8EF974@swbell.net> From: Rubywand Reply-To: rubywand@swbell.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 References: <00020282719-522-1488@www.goblinsreach.org> <19990428015249.03217.00000343@ng08.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 35 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 01:38:47 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.193.10.221 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: typhoon01.swbell.net 925281087 207.193.10.221 (Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:31:27 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:31:27 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Supertimer wrote: > > "Adalbert Goertz" wrote: > > > Yes; the .sdk files on Apple.Cabi.net can be unshrinked using > >either > >8-bit ShrinkIt (v3.4) or GS-ShrinkIt. The ones available from Apple must > >be > >processed through a Mac. > >>> > >Adalbert Goertz responds >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> > >Not so. A //GS would do just fine > > Yes. Although the ones from Apple are now BinHexed DiskCopy > images, the IIGS can unpack these. Use GSCII+ to decode BinHex > and Clone to turn the DiskCopy image back into a real disk. > > GSCII+ and Clone are IIGS programs. Good to know. Even so, why would a GS user want to mess with this stuff when the Sys 6.0.1 disks are available on Apple Cabi.net as plain .sdk files you can just unshrink? Besides, the Sys 6.0.1 on 'Cabi' has the fix for HFS.FST already installed. The System 6.0.1 disks can be downloaded at ... http://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/System/Sys601INSTALL/ . Rubywand