14 Mar
2001
14 Mar
'01
4:46 a.m.
I have two apple II computers, a IIgs (Rom 0- no
operating system)and
an Apple IIc. Both have floppies and both have the latest 8 bit apple DOS.
Neither have modems or any communication software. I am trying to get
software from my PC to the apples using a Mac Classic II as a bridge. I can
get Shrinkit and BinCSII to work on the apples but I need .txt files to work
with.
Unfortunately, somewhere between the PC and the apples, the resource
fork designating the file type gets garbled so BinSCII can't recognise the
.txt files. Does anybody know where I can find a Macintosh image file of an
Apple II disk with Fazz or another attribute changer on it? Does anyone know
of another way to get files onto the Apples with the tools I have?
It turns out that the ProDOS 8 filesystem supports files with two forks
(just like the Mac filesystem does) but I have never found an 8-bit Apple
program that can handle those files. If Shrinkit shows a + next to the file
type or you get an error $4B from ProDOS, your file is a forked file.
It also turns out that the newer Mac transfer software (i.e., the PC
Exchange control panel) creates those forks when you are transferring a
TeachText file. The solution is to find a copy of Apple File Exchange, set
it up for "Plain text transfer", and make sure all the various
character-conversion options are turned off. At least that's what worked
for me.
-- Derek