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- From: sknkwrks@unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)
- Subject: Re: Apple Stupidity (was Re: Where does ProDOS come from?)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.022025.12705@unlv.edu>
- Sender: news@unlv.edu (News User)
- Organization: Skunk Works Software Co.
- References: <2758@news.cerf.net> <1992Sep10.190124.2225@cci632.cci.com> <1992Sep11.193723.9947@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 02:20:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep11.193723.9947@zip.eecs.umich.edu> grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas) writes:
- >This may be a shot in the dark, but assuming you are using a server to
- >post to the internet anyway, you should be able to use Sciibin and Nulib
- >to extract the files on your site and then download JUST the ProDOS and
- >BASIC files.
-
- Won't work...the files at ftp.apple.com consist of SHK'd 3.5 disks.
-
- (Suggestion to Andy Nicholas for the next version of ShrinkIt: how
- about prohibiting the creation of disk archives of ProDOS disks?
- It'll prevent the terminal stupidity of some people who like to use
- disk archives for everything instead of file archives (which is what
- you should always use for ProDOS volumes).)
-
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