[comp.binaries.apple2] General downloading instructions

dcw@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu (Dave Whitney) (05/25/90)

It's about that time again.  This is BinSCII 1.0.3 along with general
downloading instructions.  If people have comments/suggestions on my
instructions, please send me notes.

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You'll need BinSCII (by me) and Shrinkit. BinSCII is what converts the
TEXT files you read into regular ProDOS files. Shrinkit is an
archiving/compressing program. Just about everything is compressed by
shrinkit before being sent to the net. Typical compressions are 40-60%
of original size.

Since you read this group, you presumably are using rn, or you are
receiving the files from the LISTSERV at Brown. If you are using rn,
then press 's' while you are reading any article to save it. If you
are subscribed to the LISTSERV, then do whatever you need to do to get
your mail stored in a regular file (ask your sysadmin).

To get the file to your Apple requires a modem program. Typically, the
modem program is running on your // - but there are other options. If
you're running on your // then look up in the program's manual how to
do a download and download the files. If the program is running on a
mac then things are a little more complex. Your // will require a 3.5"
drive. If you don't have a 3.5" drive then you need to send a disk to
someone and ask him for a copy of his modem program (like me - I wrote
Z-Link, too).

If you have a 3.5" drive and the modem program is on your mac, use the
mac to download the file (look it up in the mac program's manual). Now
use Apple File Exchange (which comes with the mac system software - so
you DO have it) to move the file to a ProDOS 3.5" disk. Read up how to
use AFE in the Mac System Software manual.

Once the TEXT file is on your Prodos disk, you can run BinSCII to
decode it and then Shrinkit to uncompress/dearchive it.

Since you'll need BinSCII, here it is. Getting this decoded is a bit
more complicated than the steps listed above as the encoder program
(not BiNSCII!) is not as friendly as BinSCII is. You have to cut out
everything above the line CALL-151 and after the line E00G (but keep
those two!). You can do this by first saving this message in a regular
text file and then editing it on your host computer (using emacs or
something).

Now comes the tricky part: Apples are the only computers (it seems)
that user a chr$(13) (a carriage return) as the line terminator. Unix
machines use a chr$(10) (linefeed) and MS-DOS and DEC-20's and others
use BOTH (a CR followed by an LF). You need to insure that the file
contains ONLY CR's and NO LF's. This can be done in emacs by using
meta-x replace-string. If you're on a unix machine, replace ^J with
^M. If you're on an IBM or DEC, replace ^M^J with ^M. Once this is
done, transfer the new file to your Apple.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU USE "KERMIT" TO TRANSFER YOUR FILE, YOU DON'T
NEED TO DO THIS SILLY LINE TERMINATOR CONVERSION STUFF. KERMIT IS
SMART.

Once the file is on your Apple, run BASIC.SYSTEM from ProDOS (yes,
ProDOS ONLY!)  and EXEC the file. It'll chug for a moment and then
create a SYS file named BINSCII. If you DON'T have a SYS file (it
could be a BIN file), just EXEC the text file again. Repeat as
necessary (yes, it's stupid).

BinSCII is far friendlier. You don't NOT have to cut anything, convert
anything, or process the segments in any particular order. Just run
'em through and it'll be happy.

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BSAVE BINSCII,A$1000,L$0E31
E00G
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Dave Whitney
dcw@sun-bear.lcs.mit.edu  ...!mit-eddie!sun-bear!dcw  dcw@athena.mit.edu
My employer pays me well. This, however, does not mean he agrees with me.
I wrote Z-Link & BinSCII. Send me bug reports. I use a //GS. Send me Tech Info.