[comp.sys.apple] Problems with T.I.M Document File

dowst@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV ("Henry P. Dowst") (06/28/88)

When I exec'd the file containing the T.I.M documents, I got a Binary II
file as I sort of expected.  Two of the documents were TXT files as I
expected.  The third showed a bad file type in the BLU directory and a
length of 1 block.  BLU (2.28) could not extract it.  Anyone else have this problem?

delaney%wnre.aecl.CDN@ean.ubc.ca (06/29/88)

The bad file type is type NON it is on a file File called FREETERM which is 
there only to make an Icon appear on the desktop.  Now that I know how to split
BLU file I'll put FREETERM Proper on APPLE2-l for all to have I's not a great
terminal program but it does use the desk top and support xmodem if nothing
else it is of Historical Interest as the first PRODOS16 terminal program and
shows how really slow things can be in Prodos16

Grant

JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook) (06/30/88)

> When I exec'd the file containing the T.I.M documents, I got a Binary II
> file as I sort of expected.  Two of the documents were TXT files as I
> expected.  The third showed a bad file type in the BLU directory and a
> length of 1 block.  BLU (2.28) could not extract it.  Anyone else have this
>  problem?

I had the same result and just ignored it.  But then again, all I did
was print the document files.  I never attempted to download or run
any of the other T.I.M. files.

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KAPFFER@DMZRZU71.BITNET (Matthias Kapffer) (07/03/88)

The  file  with  type  BAD  is  FREE.TERM,  an emtpy (EOF = 0) file which only
purpose  is  to  show  you it's associated icon (something like FT.ICON in the
ICONS  dir)  in  the  Finder  (be sure to select the icon to see how the phone
lines  stay  red  !).   To make this work, change the filetype of the BIN file
left  by BLU back to BAD (the icon is tied to a file named FREE.TERM with type
BAD).                                                          ^
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                                                 I'm not sure about this colon

Or go to BASIC and "CREATE FREE.TERM,T1". Of course it was stupid in the first
place by the author to use type BAD for a normal file !!!

                                        Matthias Kapffer
                                        <KAPFFER@DMZRZU71.BITNET>