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From: lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: .bsq files
Summary: GShk then Binscii
Message-ID: <1990Dec5.004751.11828@world.std.com>
Date: 5 Dec 90 00:47:51 GMT
References: <7790@lanl.gov>
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Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die
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In article <7790@lanl.gov> twb5024@venus.tamu.edu writes:
>
>	Hey, I was looking through some of the files at some ftp
>addresses, and I was wondering what I would have to do to unpack
>them.  Do any of you fine folks know?  They mostly all have the 
>bsq.Z suffix attached.  I know that GShk can unpack .Z files, but
>it doesn't like the .bsq files one iota.  Help...
>
>PS - Thanks to all the peops who sent me the BinSCII convertion
>     thing - it works great.
>
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>TWB5024@tamu.venus.edu          Warlock           BOTTING@tamu.comp.edu
>                              Tye Botting
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Tye,
 Use GShk first to undo the .Z portion of the archive, then use Binscii
to convert the resulting text file into a .SHK file. Finally, use GShk
again to unpack the shrinkit file.

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