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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369125 is a reply to message #369118] |
Tue, 19 June 2018 07:24   |
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Originally posted by: Greg Wildman
On Mon, 2018-06-18 at 20:25 -0700, Robert Allred wrote:
> Many years ago I wrote a program and had my dad upload it. I've long
> since lost the original and the archive seems to be corrupt:
>
> https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/apple8/ Pgms/fsm3
> 0.bsq
>
> Whether I use GScii or BINSCII I get a similar error. It will create
> a Shrinkit Archive, I can see the three files, but I can only extract
> the Readme and the sample database. The actual program is what I
> can't get out.
>
> I really want to try to get this so I can see what I actually did
> --and just how bad it was.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Robert,
I had the same problem. I checked my CD backups from 2003 and the file
is identical. I even went back as far as the waybackmachine would let
me (1999), identical.
https://web.archive.org/web/19991114133603/http://ground.ecn .uiowa.edu:
80/apple2/apple8/Pgms/fsm30.bsq
I even tried to see if I could find the original comp.binaries.apple2
post (Fri, 7 Jun 1996 20:17:38 GMT) on The Usenet Archive. Nothing.
Maybe you would have better luck.
Hopefully somebody has a copy saved somewhere.
--
Greg
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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369139 is a reply to message #369127] |
Tue, 19 June 2018 17:07 |
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On 2018-06-19 14:26:39 +0000, D Finnigan said:
> Greg Wildman wrote:
>> I even tried to see if I could find the original comp.binaries.apple2
>> post (Fri, 7 Jun 1996 20:17:38 GMT) on The Usenet Archive. Nothing.
>> Maybe you would have better luck.
>>
>> Hopefully somebody has a copy saved somewhere.
>
> Did you check this Usenet archive?
>
> https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105&id=2878
> https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105&id=2880
>
> Mac GUI Vault has the largest collection of Apple II and Macintosh binaries
> posts online. We are the Usenet archive for Apple II.
It is a useful website, but Macintosh Garden has way more Macintosh programs.
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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369145 is a reply to message #369130] |
Tue, 19 June 2018 20:50 |
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Originally posted by: James Davis
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 10:01:19 AM UTC-7, Greg Wildman wrote:
> On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 14:26 +0000, D Finnigan wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> Did you check this Usenet archive?
>>
>> https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105&id=2878
>> https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105&id=2880
>>
>> Mac GUI Vault has the largest collection of Apple II and Macintosh
>> binaries
>> posts online. We are the Usenet archive for Apple II.
>
> Fantastic, thank you. So much for "The Usenet Archive".
>
> The first post is not corrupt. The second is the same so that means it
> was uploaded like that. Anyways I sciibin'd the file and ran through
> nulib2. I will upload the working version to Asimov.
>
> Meanwhile you can get it from the below link. I have added it to my
> ground.icaen.uiowa.edu mirror for future reference.
>
> https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/apple8/ Pgms/FSM3.SHK
>
>
> --
> Greg
Your shrink-it archive is the only link that I could get anything out of. All the other links to the original binary code do not download nor work when saved as text [Unicode, unicode utf-8, windows (iso), or windows (western)] and renamed to bsq extension. CiderPress opens your archive but not any of the others.
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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369146 is a reply to message #369145] |
Tue, 19 June 2018 21:14 |
Polymorph
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On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 10:50:19 AM UTC+10, James Davis wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 10:01:19 AM UTC-7, Greg Wildman wrote:
>> On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 14:26 +0000, D Finnigan wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Did you check this Usenet archive?
>>>
>>> https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105&id=2878
>>> https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105&id=2880
>>>
>>> Mac GUI Vault has the largest collection of Apple II and Macintosh
>>> binaries
>>> posts online. We are the Usenet archive for Apple II.
>>
>> Fantastic, thank you. So much for "The Usenet Archive".
>>
>> The first post is not corrupt. The second is the same so that means it
>> was uploaded like that. Anyways I sciibin'd the file and ran through
>> nulib2. I will upload the working version to Asimov.
>>
>> Meanwhile you can get it from the below link. I have added it to my
>> ground.icaen.uiowa.edu mirror for future reference.
>>
>> https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/apple8/ Pgms/FSM3.SHK
>>
>>
>> --
>> Greg
>
> Your shrink-it archive is the only link that I could get anything out of. All the other links to the original binary code do not download nor work when saved as text [Unicode, unicode utf-8, windows (iso), or windows (western)] and renamed to bsq extension. CiderPress opens your archive but not any of the others.
James,
it is a bit of a moot point now that the original Shrinkit archive has been restored; however, the Shrinkit archive you opened was rescued by using the first link (from what I can tell) to MacGUI above. You need to save the contents of the Usenet message and run BinSCII on it to recreate the original Shrinkit archive. This was the defacto standard for sharing binary files back in the day before the web took over.
You can still get BinSCII at various locations, one of which is here:
https://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Services/PDA/AppleIICompression.s html
As BinSCII is pretty much consigned to the pages of history now, you **very** seldom need to use it, but I thought I'd let you know if you weren't aware.
If you were aware, then - *** nothing to see here *** ;-)
Cheers,
Mike
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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369147 is a reply to message #369118] |
Tue, 19 June 2018 21:30 |
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Originally posted by: Robert Allred
Okay, now that the Shrinkit archive is working, the basic file also seems to be encoded incorrectly--totally possible that it was corrupted originally.. I gave dad the floppy disk, he emailed it from his IIgs to work, at work uploaded to Usenet.
This is what the first few lines of the basic file looks like right now:
ó:∫Á(4)"PR#3" . D$–Á(4):MM(1)–1:FLAG–0 É ÜAA$(25),AB$(25),AC $(25),AD$(25),AE$(25),AF$(25),AG$(25),AH$(25),AI$(25),AJ$(25 ) Œ ÜBA(25),BB(25),BC(25),BD(25),BE(25),BF(25),BG(25),BH (25),BI(25),BJ(25) ÜCA(25),CB(25),CC(25),CD(25),CE(25),CF(25),CG(25),CH(25),C I(25),CJ(25) d ! ÜDA(25),DB(25),DC(25),DD(25),DE(25),DF(25),DG(25),DH(25), DI(25),DJ(25) Ø " ÜEA(25),EB(25),EC(25),ED(25),EE(25),EF(25),EG(25),EH(25),E I(25),EJ(25)
# ÜGA$(25),GB$(25),GC$(25),GD$(25),GE$(25),GF$(25),GG$(25), GH$(25),GI$(25),GJ$(25) Y
$ ÜFA$(25),FB$(25),FC$(25),FD$(25),FE$(25),FF$(25),FG$(25), FH$(25),FI$(25),FJ$(25) d
( •´9000 î
- ∞10000:∫"PLEASE WAIT--LOADING DATABASE...." ≠
2 ∫D$"UNLOCK DATA.LST" ƒ
< ∫D$"OPEN DATA.LST" €
F ∫D$"READ DATA.LST" ˇ
P ÑNAME$:ÑZZ:ÑZA:ÅI–1¡ZA:ÑH(I):ÇI U ÅI–1¡ZA: CN$(I):ÇI " Z ÅJ–1¡ZA 0 _ ÅI–1¡H(J) W d ÑA$:ÑB:ÑC:ÑD:ÑE:Ñ F$:ÑG$:ZG–J:∞8050 ^ i ÇI e n ÇJ } x ∫D$ "CLOSE DATA.LST" Ö } ù:ó Â Ç ó:û:∫:¢1:∫"Food Storage Manager 3.0 Written by: Rob Allred " á ù:¢4:ñ10:∫"MAIN MENU:" ' å ñ12:∫"1. ADD/CHANGE CATAGORY NAME" Q ë ñ12:∫"2. ADD ITEM NUMBER TO DATABASE" Ä ñ ñ12:∫"3. DELETE ITEM NUMBER FROM DATABASE" ° õ ñ12:∫"4. MODIFY ITEM NUMBER" ƒ † ñ12:∫"5. ADD FOOD TO DATABASE" Ó
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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369152 is a reply to message #369146] |
Tue, 19 June 2018 22:17 |
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Originally posted by: James Davis
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 6:14:15 PM UTC-7, Polymorph wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 10:50:19 AM UTC+10, James Davis wrote:
>> On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 10:01:19 AM UTC-7, Greg Wildman wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 14:26 +0000, D Finnigan wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> Did you check this Usenet archive?
>>>>
>>>> https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105&id=2878
>>>> https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105&id=2880
>>>>
>>>> Mac GUI Vault has the largest collection of Apple II and Macintosh
>>>> binaries
>>>> posts online. We are the Usenet archive for Apple II.
>>>
>>> Fantastic, thank you. So much for "The Usenet Archive".
>>>
>>> The first post is not corrupt. The second is the same so that means it
>>> was uploaded like that. Anyways I sciibin'd the file and ran through
>>> nulib2. I will upload the working version to Asimov.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile you can get it from the below link. I have added it to my
>>> ground.icaen.uiowa.edu mirror for future reference.
>>>
>>> https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/apple8/ Pgms/FSM3..SHK
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Greg
>>
>> Your shrink-it archive is the only link that I could get anything out of. All the other links to the original binary code do not download nor work when saved as text [Unicode, unicode utf-8, windows (iso), or windows (western)] and renamed to bsq extension. CiderPress opens your archive but not any of the others.
>
> James,
>
> it is a bit of a moot point now that the original Shrinkit archive has been restored; however, the Shrinkit archive you opened was rescued by using the first link (from what I can tell) to MacGUI above. You need to save the contents of the Usenet message and run BinSCII on it to recreate the original Shrinkit archive. This was the defacto standard for sharing binary files back in the day before the web took over.
>
> You can still get BinSCII at various locations, one of which is here:
> https://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Services/PDA/AppleIICompression.s html
>
> As BinSCII is pretty much consigned to the pages of history now, you **very** seldom need to use it, but I thought I'd let you know if you weren't aware.
>
> If you were aware, then - *** nothing to see here *** ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
Has the text been corrupted by being unicoded? If I save it to a Windows *..txt file and transfer it into AppleWin and rename the file type to bsq, will Binscii or CiderPress then be able to use (unwrap & unshrink) it?
Just curious. I will have to try (or test that procedure) later.
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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369153 is a reply to message #369147] |
Tue, 19 June 2018 23:36 |
Michael J. Mahon
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Robert Allred <roballred@gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, now that the Shrinkit archive is working, the basic file also seems
> to be encoded incorrectly--totally possible that it was corrupted
> originally. I gave dad the floppy disk, he emailed it from his IIgs to
> work, at work uploaded to Usenet.
>
> This is what the first few lines of the basic file looks like right now:
>
> ó:∫Á(4)"PR#3" .D$–Á(4):MM(1)–1:FLAG–0É ÜAA$(25),AB$(25),AC$(25 ),AD$(25),AE$(25),AF$(25),AG$(25),AH$(25),AI$(25),AJ$(25)Œ ÜBA(25),BB(25),BC(25),BD(25),BE(25),BF(25),BG(25),BH(25),B I(25),BJ(25)
> ÜCA(25),CB(25),CC(25),CD(25),CE(25),CF(25),CG(25),CH(25),CI (25),CJ(25)d !ÜDA(25),DB(25),DC(25),DD(25),DE(25),DF(25),DG(25),DH(25),D I(25),DJ(25)Ø " ÜEA(25),EB(25),EC(25),ED(25),EE(25),EF(25),EG(25),EH(25),EI (25),EJ(25)
> #ÜGA$(25),GB$(25),GC$(25),GD$(25),GE$(25),GF$(25),GG$(25),G H$(25),GI$(25),GJ$(25)Y
> $ÜFA$(25),FB$(25),FC$(25),FD$(25),FE$(25),FF$(25),FG$(25),F H$(25),FI$(25),FJ$(25)d
> (•´9000î
> -∞10000:∫"PLEASE WAIT--LOADING DATABASE...."≠
> 2∫D$"UNLOCK DATA.LST"ƒ
> <∫D$"OPEN DATA.LST"€
> F∫D$"READ DATA.LST"ˇ
> PÑNAME$:ÑZZ:ÑZA:ÅI–1¡ZA:ÑH(I):ÇI UÅI–1¡ZA:ÑCN $(I):ÇI " ZÅJ–1¡ZA0 _ÅI–1¡H(J)W dÑA$:ÑB:ÑC:ÑD:ÑE:ÑF$:Ñ G$:ZG–J:∞8050^ iÇIe nÇJ} x∫D$ "CLOSE
> DATA.LST"Ö }ù:óÂ Çó:û:∫:¢1:∫"Food Storage Manager 3.0
> Written by: Rob Allred " áù:¢4:ñ10:∫"MAIN MENU:"' åñ12:∫"1.
> ADD/CHANGE CATAGORY NAME"Q ëñ12:∫"2. ADD ITEM NUMBER TO
> DATABASE"Ä ññ12:∫"3. DELETE ITEM NUMBER FROM DATABASE"° õñ12:∫"4. MODIFY
> ITEM NUMBER"ƒ †ñ12:∫"5. ADD FOOD TO DATABASE"Ó
>
This looks a bit like what a tokenized Applesoft program looks like when
listed as a text file.
Have you tried LOADing it and LISTing?
--
-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://michaeljmahon.com
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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369154 is a reply to message #369153] |
Wed, 20 June 2018 00:37 |
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Originally posted by: Robert Allred
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 8:36:42 PM UTC-7, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> Robert Allred <roballred@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Okay, now that the Shrinkit archive is working, the basic file also seems
>> to be encoded incorrectly--totally possible that it was corrupted
>> originally. I gave dad the floppy disk, he emailed it from his IIgs to
>> work, at work uploaded to Usenet.
>>
>> This is what the first few lines of the basic file looks like right now:
>>
>> ó:∫Á(4)"PR#3". D$–Á(4):MM(1)–1:FLAG–0É ÜAA$(25),AB$(25),AC$(25),AD$(25),AE$(25),AF$(25),AG$(25),AH $(25),AI$(25),AJ$(25)Œ ÜBA(25),BB(25),BC(25),BD(25),BE(25),BF(25),BG(25),BH(25),BI (25),BJ(25)
>> ÜCA(25),CB(25),CC(25),CD(25),CE(25),CF(25),CG(25),CH(25),CI (25),CJ(25)d !ÜDA(25),DB(25),DC(25),DD(25),DE(25),DF(25),DG(25),DH(25),D I(25),DJ(25)Ø " ÜEA(25),EB(25),EC(25),ED(25),EE(25),EF(25),EG(25),EH(25),EI (25),EJ(25)
>> #ÜGA$(25),GB$(25),GC$(25),GD$(25),GE$(25),GF$(25),GG$(25),G H$(25),GI$(25),GJ$(25)Y
>> $ÜFA$(25),FB$(25),FC$(25),FD$(25),FE$(25),FF$(25),FG$(25),F H$(25),FI$(25),FJ$(25)d
>> (•´9000î
>> -∞10000:∫"PLEASE WAIT--LOADING DATABASE...."≠
>> 2∫D$"UNLOCK DATA.LST"ƒ
>> <∫D$"OPEN DATA.LST"€
>> F∫D$"READ DATA.LST"ˇ
>> PÑNAME$:ÑZZ:ÑZA:ÅI–1¡ZA:ÑH(I):ÇI UÅI–1¡ZA:ÑCN$(I):ÇI" ZÅJ–1¡ZA0 _ÅI–1¡H(J)W dÑA$:ÑB:ÑC:ÑD:ÑE:ÑF$:ÑG$:ZG–J:∞8050^ iÇIe nÇJ} x∫D$"CLOSE
>> DATA.LST"Ö }ù:óÂ Çó:û:∫:¢1:∫"Food Storage Manager 3.0
>> Written by: Rob Allred " áù:¢4:ñ10:∫"MAIN MENU:"' åñ12:∫"1.
>> ADD/CHANGE CATAGORY NAME"Q ëñ12:∫"2. ADD ITEM NUMBER TO
>> DATABASE"Ä ññ12:∫"3. DELETE ITEM NUMBER FROM DATABASE"° õñ12:∫"4. MODIFY
>> ITEM NUMBER"ƒ †ñ12:∫"5. ADD FOOD TO DATABASE"Ó
>>
>
> This looks a bit like what a tokenized Applesoft program looks like when
> listed as a text file.
>
> Have you tried LOADing it and LISTing?
>
> --
> -michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://michaeljmahon.com
I just tried to load it. I got a "file type mismatch" error. It shows as file type $00.
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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369164 is a reply to message #369162] |
Wed, 20 June 2018 10:26 |
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Originally posted by: Robert Allred
Thank you all!! This means a lot to have this back--and has been a huge re-learning process as well.
Thanks again!
On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 6:18:25 AM UTC-7, D Finnigan wrote:
> Greg Wildman wrote:
>> On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 18:30 -0700, Robert Allred wrote:
>>> Okay, now that the Shrinkit archive is working, the basic file also
>>> seems to be encoded incorrectly--totally possible that it was
>>> corrupted originally. I gave dad the floppy disk, he emailed it from
>>> his IIgs to work, at work uploaded to Usenet.
>>
>
> Here's the Applesoft listing:
> https://macgui.com/spyglass/r/b5bbd92be7fa7b37/FSM.3?f=DmRwa QsV&fk=e3b2770252
>
> from the disk image, that you can click around in:
> https://macgui.com/spyglass/r/b5bbd92be7fa7b37
>
> --
> ]DF$
> The New Apple II User's Guide:
> https://macgui.com/newa2guide/
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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369173 is a reply to message #369152] |
Wed, 20 June 2018 15:07 |
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Originally posted by: James Davis
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 7:17:38 PM UTC-7, James Davis wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 6:14:15 PM UTC-7, Polymorph wrote:
>> On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 10:50:19 AM UTC+10, James Davis wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 10:01:19 AM UTC-7, Greg Wildman wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 14:26 +0000, D Finnigan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> > Did you check this Usenet archive?
>>>> >
>>>> > https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105&id=2878
>>>> > https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105&id=2880
>>>> >
>>>> > Mac GUI Vault has the largest collection of Apple II and Macintosh
>>>> > binaries
>>>> > posts online. We are the Usenet archive for Apple II.
>>>>
>>>> Fantastic, thank you. So much for "The Usenet Archive".
>>>>
>>>> The first post is not corrupt. The second is the same so that means it
>>>> was uploaded like that. Anyways I sciibin'd the file and ran through
>>>> nulib2. I will upload the working version to Asimov.
>>>>
>>>> Meanwhile you can get it from the below link. I have added it to my
>>>> ground.icaen.uiowa.edu mirror for future reference.
>>>>
>>>> https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/apple8/ Pgms/FSM3.SHK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Greg
>>>
>>> Your shrink-it archive is the only link that I could get anything out of. All the other links to the original binary code do not download nor work when saved as text [Unicode, unicode utf-8, windows (iso), or windows (western)] and renamed to bsq extension. CiderPress opens your archive but not any of the others.
>>
>> James,
>>
>> it is a bit of a moot point now that the original Shrinkit archive has been restored; however, the Shrinkit archive you opened was rescued by using the first link (from what I can tell) to MacGUI above. You need to save the contents of the Usenet message and run BinSCII on it to recreate the original Shrinkit archive. This was the defacto standard for sharing binary files back in the day before the web took over.
>>
>> You can still get BinSCII at various locations, one of which is here:
>> https://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Services/PDA/AppleIICompression.s html
>>
>> As BinSCII is pretty much consigned to the pages of history now, you **very** seldom need to use it, but I thought I'd let you know if you weren't aware.
>>
>> If you were aware, then - *** nothing to see here *** ;-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mike
>
> Has the text been corrupted by being unicoded? If I save it to a Windows *.txt file and transfer it into AppleWin and rename the file type to bsq, will Binscii or CiderPress then be able to use (unwrap & unshrink) it?
>
> Just curious. I will have to try (or test that procedure) later.
The procedure failed to work!
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| Re: Need help with a damage archive [message #369177 is a reply to message #369173] |
Wed, 20 June 2018 17:09 |
Michael J. Mahon
Messages: 1767
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James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 7:17:38 PM UTC-7, James Davis wrote:
>> On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 6:14:15 PM UTC-7, Polymorph wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 10:50:19 AM UTC+10, James Davis wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 10:01:19 AM UTC-7, Greg Wildman wrote:
>>>> > On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 14:26 +0000, D Finnigan wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > <snip>
>>>> >
>>>> >> Did you check this Usenet archive?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> https://macgui.com/usenet/?group5&id(78
>>>> >> https://macgui.com/usenet/?group5&id(80
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Mac GUI Vault has the largest collection of Apple II and Macintosh
>>>> >> binaries
>>>> >> posts online. We are the Usenet archive for Apple II.
>>>> >
>>>> > Fantastic, thank you. So much for "The Usenet Archive".
>>>> >
>>>> > The first post is not corrupt. The second is the same so that means it
>>>> > was uploaded like that. Anyways I sciibin'd the file and ran through
>>>> > nulib2. I will upload the working version to Asimov.
>>>> >
>>>> > Meanwhile you can get it from the below link. I have added it to my
>>>> > ground.icaen.uiowa.edu mirror for future reference.
>>>> >
>>>> > https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/apple8/ Pgms/FSM3.SHK
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Greg
>>>>
>>>> Your shrink-it archive is the only link that I could get anything out
>>>> of. All the other links to the original binary code do not download
>>>> nor work when saved as text [Unicode, unicode utf-8, windows (iso), or
>>>> windows (western)] and renamed to bsq extension. CiderPress opens
>>>> your archive but not any of the others.
>>>
>>> James,
>>>
>>> it is a bit of a moot point now that the original Shrinkit archive has
>>> been restored; however, the Shrinkit archive you opened was rescued by
>>> using the first link (from what I can tell) to MacGUI above. You need
>>> to save the contents of the Usenet message and run BinSCII on it to
>>> recreate the original Shrinkit archive. This was the defacto standard
>>> for sharing binary files back in the day before the web took over.
>>>
>>> You can still get BinSCII at various locations, one of which is here:
>>> https://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Services/PDA/AppleIICompression.s html
>>>
>>> As BinSCII is pretty much consigned to the pages of history now, you
>>> **very** seldom need to use it, but I thought I'd let you know if you weren't aware.
>>>
>>> If you were aware, then - *** nothing to see here *** ;-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mike
>>
>> Has the text been corrupted by being unicoded? If I save it to a
>> Windows *.txt file and transfer it into AppleWin and rename the file
>> type to bsq, will Binscii or CiderPress then be able to use (unwrap & unshrink) it?
>>
>> Just curious. I will have to try (or test that procedure) later.
>
> The procedure failed to work!
>
CiderPress can easily change the filetype to Applesoft.
--
-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://michaeljmahon.com
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