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Subj: FAQ Apple Mac' 9-2
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downloading. If there is an option to "strip incoming linefeeds",
try turning it on.
3) Get your host to send you the file. I don't know about ProLine,
but UNIX users can use these commands:
For Z-Modem: "sz ___ ____ ____" (file names)
For X-Modem: "sx ____" (one at a time)
For Kermit: "kermit", then "put _____" (filename)
5) If needed, tell your local communications program to Receive. You
must do this quickly, or the other host will give up trying to
send the file.
4) Write down the full pathname of the files you downloaded and where
you put them. There will be a quiz later. Pathnames look like
"/DISK/DIR/FILE.NAME"
Note: If something goes wrong, hit ESC, Ctrl-X or Ctrl-C 3 times.
If you can't get one protocol to work, try the next one
down. Z-modem is much faster than the others. You will
want to find a program that supports it.
Step 4: Create BINSCII
1) After you disconnect, go into Applesoft by starting BASIC.SYSTEM
2) At the `]` prompt, type 'EXEC ____' (your BINSCII file name)
Note: If you get ?SYNTAX ERRORs then something went wrong. Try
looking at the file with a Text Editor.
3) Type "cat" and look for BINSCII (type 'SYS')
4) type "-BINSCII" or "-BINSCII.SYSTEM" depending on above
Note: You should get the BINSCII opening screen.
Step 5: Create ShrinkIt
1) If your Shrinkit file ends in ".BSC" then (In BINSCII) type in
the filename of your ShrinkIt file
2) Quit BINSCII. Get into AppleSoft again.
3) Type "EXEC SHRINKIT3.3.XTX" (you may need the full pathname)
4) Run ShrinkIt with "-SHRINKIT.SYSTEM"
Step 6: Extracting everything else
1) If it's BSQ or BSC, run it through BINSCII
2) If BINSCII creates a ".SHK" file, or if you download a ".SHK"
file, then use ShrinkIt on the file. It's easy to use and it
doesn't give you the dreaded "FILENAME QUIZ!"
For those who haven't picked a program to download with, here are the
biggies: When in doubt, buy ProTerm.
Program Comp Emulations Protocols Note
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ProTerm E$ PSE, VT-100 Kermit, X,Y,Z-modem From InSync
Kermit-65 E VT-100 Kermit, X-modem Hard to use,Works on ][+
Z-Link E VT-100 X-modem Good.
CommSys E none X-modem Works on ][+
TIC E$ VT-52 (+) X-modem For hackers. From Q-Labs
Agate E mono ANSI X,(Y,Z rec'v only) Unpacks ZIP, Buggy
ColorTerm GS color ANSI X-modem Desktop based
MegaTerm GS color ANSI none ProDOS 8
ANSITerm GS$ color ANSI, PSE X,Y,Z-modem Editor, scrollback, etc.
SnowTerm GS VT-100 (+) none Desktop based
FreeTerm GS none X-modem Desktop based
GenComm GS none none Text, Shell Compat.
GSVT GS VT-100 none Desktop
GTerm GS color ANSI none Written in BASIC/ML
Telcom GS VT-100, PSE X, (Y rec'v only) Shell compat
----------Key:---------
Key: $ = A commercial program
Computer: E = works on GS and //e, GS = only works on GS
See the resources section for where to buy the commercial programs.
All of the non-commercial programs are available on the different FTP sites.
If you don't have a comm program already, your best bet is to have someone
mail you one on a disk.
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Date: 6/7/93
From: dmag@umich.edu
Subject: What are the big Anonymous FTP sites for Apple II software?
The following is a list of FTP sites with Apple // related files. See
elsewhere in this FAQ for details about using FTP.
apple2.archive.umich.edu /archive/apple2 *
info2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de /afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive
archive.orst.edu /pub/mirrors/archive.umich.edu *
brownvm.brown.edu LISTSERV.193 (Note 1)
cco.caltech.edu /pub/apple2 (mostly GS stuff)
f.ms.uky.edu /pub/appleII
grind.isca.uiowa.edu /apple2 *
/umich?
plains.nodak.edu /pub/apple2
wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/apple2
/usenet/comp.binaries.apple2
/usenet/comp.sources.apple2
/mirrors/archive.umich.edu/apple2
ftp.uni-kl.de /pub/apple2
calvin.sfasu.edu /pub/apple2 (HyperC, a few other things)
cs.bu.edu /PC/APPLE (a little bit of everything)
ftp.apple.com /dts/aii (sys software, tech notes)
ftp.cc.utexas.edu /gifstuff (some Apple GIF programs)
ftp.hawaii.edu /incoming/apple2 (a couple of games)
iskut.ucs.ubc.ca /pub/apple (Kermit, BinSCII, unshrinkit)
pindarus.cs.uiuc.edu /pub/apple2 (GNO utils and info)
slab.slip.uiuc.edu /apple2 (GScii, fonts, GS sys 6)
ucrmath.ucr.edu /PC/apple2 (LISA assembler)
Note 1: Files on brownvm.brown.edu are stored by serial number. For a
human-readable directory, send e-mail with the text "help" to
listserv@brownvm.brown.edu.
Items marked with a "*" can be also be accessed via 'gopher' if you have it.
Archives of comp.sources.apple2
===============================
wuarchive.wustl.edu /usenet/comp.sources.apple2 (complete!)
cnam.cnam.fr /pub/Archives/comp.sources.apple2 (incomplete)
hp4nl.nluug.nl /pub/newsarchive/comp/sources/apple2 (incomplete)
mcsun.eu.net /pub/newsarchive/comp/sources/apple2 (incomplete)
nic.funet.fi /pub/archive/comp.sources.apple2 (complete?)
Archives of comp.sys.apple2
===========================
relay.cs.toronto.edu /pub/lists.1989 (1989 only)
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil PD2:<ARCHIVES.APPLE> (1990 and 1991 only)
FTP: watsun.cc.columbia.edu /kermit/a (the OFFICIAL source for Kermit)
Non-USENET readers wanting files should look at the e-mail addresses in the
"What is comp.sys.apple2" section.
Subtopic: Archie, the archive searcher
================================
There is a program called archie that allows you to search many archives
quickly. Look for the program 'archie' or 'xarchie' at your site, or you can
telnet (login as archie) to:
archie.rutgers.edu 128.6.18.15 (Rutgers University)
archie.unl.edu 129.93.1.14 (University of Nebraska in Lincoln)
archie.ans.net 147.225.1.2 (ANS archie server)
archie.mcgill.ca 132.206.2.3 (Canada server, original archie site)
archie.au 139.130.4.6 (Australian server)
archie.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 (European server in Finland)
archie.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.11.3 (UK/England server)
archie.cs.huji.ac.il 132.65.6.15 (Israel server)
archie.wide.ad.jp 133.4.3.6 (Japanese server)
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Date: 1/1/93
From: dmag@umich.edu
Subject: What archivers do I need to know about?
Subtopic: BinSCII
================================
BinScii converts binary files to text files and back. Binary files contain
pictures, computer programs, etc. Text files usually contain human readable
text (like this file), but a BinSCII file just looks like a jumble of letters
and symbols. A BinScii text file is larger than the original binary file.
Binscii is needed to transfer programs across the network when there is no
binary mode (like the Usenet newsgroups and e-mail).
When turning a binary file into text, BinSCII will output a series of files.
Each file contains a segment of the original program encoded in BinSCII
format. These segments are small enough to be posted or e-mailed without
clogging the network. (Actually, they are usually posted 3 at a time to save
bandwidth).
When re-creating a binary file from the BinScii segments, all one has to do
is collect ALL the segments and run them through BinScii. Each segment has a
header that tells BinScii which segment it is. BinScii is intelligent enough
to wade through all extraneous text (i.e. newsgroup headers, etc) and find
the segments. It does not matter what order the segments are in, and the
segments can be in different files. The only thing you have to remember is
that BinScii does not check to see if ALL of the segments have been accounted
for. If there are segments missing, the program will not work, or more likely
you will get a 'file corrupted' error when unshrinking.
FTP: apple2.archive.umich.edu /apple2/8bit/archivers/binscii.exe
GS users can use GSCII+, an NDA version of Binscii. GSCII+ can also
encode/decode several other formats.
FTP: apple2.archive.umich.edu /apple2/gs/archivers/gscii.bsc
[ Note that most files on the network are NuFX archives that have been
BinSCII'ed so they can be posted. After running Binscii, you will still need
to run ShrinkIt on the resulting file.]
For those of us on Unix boxes who are able to transfer binary files to our
Apple ][, SciiBin can reduce the time spend downloading. It is a decode-only
version of BinSCII written in C. The idea is that you compile this on your
Unix box, and run your BinScii files from comp.binaries.apple2 through it. It
will re-create the original (smaller) file. This works great if there is a
NuFX archive in the BinSCII file, but can cause problems if BinSCII was
applied directly to ProDos executable files. (Unix has no way of storing the
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