ISSLTC@NUSVM.BITNET (Lim Thye Chean) (06/03/91)
Hello, Thye Chean here again.
I am here to say "Thanks!" to so many people who take time to reply my
questions. I have successfully connected to some of the FTP sites and
am enjoying some of the greatest GS programs I ever seen (highest
recommendation is given to Columns GS, everybody please get it and
support the authors!). I have tried using ShrinkItGS to unpack .Z files
but fail. Somebody mentioned to me today that I need to use binary
type, so I will try again tonight (I always use text type).
By the way, I would also like to recommend every Apple IIGS users to
buy and support GS+, the finest and most informative magazine for the
Apple IIGS users. Besides, Seven Hill is looking for programmers in
Singapore, to develop more great softwares for GS. So, Americans out
there! Contact Seven Hill and offer them your programs! I hope to see
more and better GS programmers in the future.
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Contact me at ISSLTC@NUSVM
Lim Thye Chean - Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
***********************************************************************kenfair@flammulated.rice.edu (Kenneth Jason Fair) (06/04/91)
In article <9106030406.AA20102@apple.com> ISSLTC@NUSVM.BITNET (Lim Thye Chean) writes: >I am here to say "Thanks!" to so many people who take time to reply my >questions. I have successfully connected to some of the FTP sites and >am enjoying some of the greatest GS programs I ever seen (highest >recommendation is given to Columns GS, everybody please get it and >support the authors!). I have tried using ShrinkItGS to unpack .Z files >but fail. Somebody mentioned to me today that I need to use binary >type, so I will try again tonight (I always use text type). > Unfortunately, ShrinktIt! and GShrinkit! do NOT support .Z uncompression at this time. A recent conversation with Andy Nicholas (author of ShrinkIt!) leads me to believe that this is one of the features he is working on supporting in his next major upgrade of ShrinkIt! Unfortunately, (or perhaps fortunately!) he is busy right now ironing out the final bugs of System 6.0 for Apple and hasn't had much time to spend with ShrinkIt! (Correct me if I'm wrong, Andy!) Hopefully, he will have time at a later date. You should always use BINARY when ftp'ing programs. In this case, I don't _believe_ it makes a difference. BINARY turns on the high bit send, which I don't think makes a difference in the case of Apple II programs, but better safe than sorry. Kudos to Columns GS! I use it to prove some of the superior capabilties of the GS to my think-they-have-better-computers friends. It's VERY addictive, and I like the ability to change the basic blocks to whatever patterns I wish. If you don't have Columns, GET IT! By the way, I tried to send you mail earlier, but it didn't get through. Could you send me your BITNET address via Email? Send it to kenfair@owlnet.rice.edu. Mr Toaster -- Kenneth J. Fair | kenfair@owlnet.rice.edu | AOL: Mr Toaster ::POP:: "Not all Apple dealers carry the Apple II product line." - p.92, _The Apple II Guide_ NAAAAAAHHH, really?? ** II INFINITUM ** ** DISCLAIMER: I am simply a mouthpiece of Rice's opinions. Not.
PYC121@URIACC.URI.EDU (Andy Kress) (06/04/91)
On Tue, 4 Jun 91 01:36:38 GMT Kenneth Jason Fair said: > Unfortunately, ShrinktIt! and GShrinkit! do NOT support .Z >uncompression at this time. A recent conversation with Andy Nicholas rest deleted... Shrinkit GS DOES unpack .Z files. I have done it many times. Just make sure you download them as binary. Andy Kress PYC121 AT URIACC.URI.EDU Apple II: The power to take over the world!
kenfair@flammulated.rice.edu (Kenneth Jason Fair) (06/04/91)
In article <1991Jun4.013638.19227@rice.edu> kenfair@flammulated.rice.edu (Kenneth Jason Fair) writes: > > Unfortunately, ShrinktIt! and GShrinkit! do NOT support .Z >uncompression at this time. A recent conversation with Andy Nicholas >(author of ShrinkIt!) leads me to believe that this is one of the >features he is working on supporting in his next major upgrade of >ShrinkIt! Unfortunately, (or perhaps fortunately!) he is busy right >now ironing out the final bugs of System 6.0 for Apple and hasn't had >much time to spend with ShrinkIt! (Correct me if I'm wrong, Andy!) >Hopefully, he will have time at a later date. Hrrrmmmph. Oops. GSHK does support .Z compression. Sorry, Andy. It's _StuffIt_ compression he doesn't have installed yet. My fault. Ken -- Kenneth J. Fair | kenfair@owlnet.rice.edu | AOL: Mr Toaster ::POP:: "Not all Apple dealers carry the Apple II product line." - p.92, _The Apple II Guide_ NAAAAAAHHH, really?? ** II INFINITUM ** ** DISCLAIMER: I am simply a mouthpiece of Rice's opinions. Not.
toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (06/05/91)
kenfair@flammulated.rice.edu (Kenneth Jason Fair) writes: >Sorry, Andy. It's _StuffIt_ compression he doesn't have installed yet. Bzzt. GSHK does StuffIt, albeit less than fully featured (but still quite usably for those times when I've needed it). Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
shrinkit@Apple.COM (Andrew Nicholas) (06/05/91)
In article <1991Jun4.163727.1892@rice.edu> kenfair@flammulated.rice.edu (Kenneth Jason Fair) writes: > Unfortunately, ShrinktIt! and GShrinkit! do NOT support .Z >uncompression at this time. As you note below, GS-ShrinkIt does support .Z uncompressing. > A recent conversation with Andy Nicholas >(author of ShrinkIt!) leads me to believe that this is one of the >features he is working on supporting in his next major upgrade of >ShrinkIt! Funny, I don't recall this conversation, although I talk to enough people in a week's time that I could have said almost anything... :-) >Unfortunately, (or perhaps fortunately!) he is busy right >now ironing out the final bugs of System 6.0 for Apple and hasn't had >much time to spend with ShrinkIt! (Correct me if I'm wrong, Andy!) Huh? I think you are drawing inferences that aren't correct -- I work on the Finder, not anywhere else in Apple IIGS System Software. The Finder, and only the Finder (and believe me, it's more than enough! ;-) > Hrrrmmmph. Oops. GSHK does support .Z compression. >Sorry, Andy. It's _StuffIt_ compression he doesn't have installed yet. >My fault. I have no plans to add StuffIt compression to GS-ShrinkIt. GS-ShrinkIt already DECOMPRESSES StuffIt 1.5.1 files, and I have written to Aladdin yet again asking for information on how to decode StuffIt Classic v1.6 and StuffIt Deluxe files (which they will probably turn down.. again). I may have said something about wanting to add PKZIP decompression along with LZH decompression. andy -- Andy Nicholas GEnie & America-Online: shrinkit Apple IIGS System Software CompuServe: 70771,2615 Apple Computer, Inc. InterNET: shrinkit@apple.com
kenfair@flammulated.rice.edu (Kenneth Jason Fair) (06/06/91)
[my errors about ShrinkIt! deleted] > >I may have said something about wanting to add PKZIP decompression along >with LZH decompression. > >andy > >-- >Andy Nicholas GEnie & America-Online: shrinkit >Apple IIGS System Software CompuServe: 70771,2615 >Apple Computer, Inc. InterNET: shrinkit@apple.com This must be what I remembered. I'm sorry now that I opened my big mouth and shoved my entire leg in. I commented on a half-remembered conversation of three or four months ago while stuck here on Long Island away from my GS back in Huntsville, TX. My apologies to all for the confusion. My lips are sealed. :X Ken -- KEN FAIR - Rice Physics # "Not all Apple dealers carry the Apple II product kenfair@owlnet.rice.edu # line." -p.92, *The Apple II Guide # AOL: Mr Toaster # Nnaaaaaahhh, really?? *** II INFINITUM!! *** ** DISCLAIMER: I am simply a mouthpiece of Rice's opinions. Not.
geniusman@pro-hindugods.cts.com (Chris Moylan) (06/06/91)
> Hrrrmmmph. Oops. GSHK does support .Z compression. >Sorry, Andy. It's _StuffIt_ compression he doesn't have installed yet. >My fault. > >Ken I have unstuffed Mac .SIT (StuffIt) type files with GSHK. In the GSHK manual, it says StuffIt type archives are supported...do you mean the latest version of StuffIt? Chris >-- >Kenneth J. Fair | kenfair@owlnet.rice.edu | AOL: Mr Toaster ::POP:: >"Not all Apple dealers carry the Apple II product line." > - p.92, _The Apple II Guide_ NAAAAAAHHH, really?? ** II INFINITUM ** >** DISCLAIMER: I am simply a mouthpiece of Rice's opinions. Not. Chris Moylan | ProLine: geniusman@pro-hindugods CoSysop: Hindu Love Gods BBS | Internet: geniusman@pro-hindugods.cts.com 313/644-0481 | UUCP: crash!pro-hindugods!geniusman 300-9600 bps, v.32/v.42/v.42bis | ARPA: crash!pro-hindugods!geniusman@nosc.mil