Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.apple2.comm Path: news.uiowa.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.comet.net!NewsWatcher!user From: treiter@comet.net (Toby Reiter) Subject: Re: Gscii Message-ID: Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 03:44:15 GMT References: <4jnism$dmv@news.tamu.edu> Organization: Earlysville Apple II User's Group Lines: 32 Xref: news.uiowa.edu comp.sys.apple2:101318 comp.sys.apple2.comm:4153 In article <4jnism$dmv@news.tamu.edu>, ewm1006@tam2000.tamu.edu (Erik Wayne Mckee) wrote: >I'm trying to get colorterm.bsq to unzip. It says I need shrinkit. >I downloaded shrinkit.bsq and supposedly I need GSCII to unencode it, >but I only find GSCII as an encoded .bsq file to. How do I upencode it, >shrinkit, and colorterm? Do I need another program? Hmmmmm. I assume you are using your non-GS to download, and that you are able to transfer files easily with it, ok. At Grind, (ground.isca.uiowa.edu) to my recollection, under the heading "useful stuff" is a copy of binscii in executable format (binscii.exe) I assume you download this in binary mode. You should then download the file gshk.bsc. Run binscii on this and you should get an executable version of GSHK (Shrink-it GS...you don't really need Shrinkit, not usually anyway). Now, throughout binscii (I find it harder to use than GSCii+) and download GSCII, again from the same folder. Now run it through GSHK! You should now have an executable version of GSCii+..put this in you desk.accs folder in you system folder. If you still want Shrink-it, simply go the same folder at Grind and download it, and then run it through GSCII+! Piece of cake! (This is a really convuluted way of doing this, but it's the best way in terms of getting what works best on the GS.) One last option. If you have a Mac, go to the folder "Mac" at grind. Download Commbin. (You will need Stuffit Expander to use this). Commbin is essentiall BINSCII for the Mac. SImply download GSHK or Shrink-it 3.4 and run it through Commbin, and you will get an exucutable program. Hope that's enough fo now! -- "Happy trails to you, until..we meet...again......." ___________ |OBYLARONIOUS Lover of all things Apple ][.