Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!linus!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.apple2 Subject: Re: I'm new here... Keywords: shrink Message-ID: <10168@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 17 Dec 90 08:49:39 GMT References: Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Distribution: comp Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing Lines: 43 In article valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) writes: >I used to be well-versed in Apple // stuff (like 7 years ago), but >haven't done anything with it since then. Now, my parents have a >machine, and they'd like to be able to telecom with it. >So I have two questions: > 1) How do I unpack and use stuff posted here? (I'm real >familiar with uuencode/decode, arc, zip, etc under MS/DOS and Unix; just >not up on the Apple stuff) > 2) What is a good telecom program? I'd used AE Pro (Ascii >Express Professional) for many years, but all my copies of it now seem >to be munged, so I'm looking... >Thanks... (My parents have a //e) (You can upgrade a //e to a IIGS for about $500, in case you wondered) You need to get BINSCII and SHRINKIT to unpack the programs.. BINSCII is sort of like a uudecode progam which changes text back into a program... Shrinkit is like Zip and Arc... ProTERM is THE BEST program around... It beats Ascii Express Professional by a mile and that's a hard thing to do! (I am a total fan of AE pro!!!) I can't figure out what address you are at so I can't send you BINSCII or Shrinkit. I tried writing to valley@uchicago and it gave me a Host Unknown bounceback.. I tried writing to valley@uchicago.edu and it gave me a User Unknown bounceback.. My usual solution for mail problems (telnet jade.berkeley.edu 117 anyone out there can try it!), didn't help me find any other routings to a "uchicago"... ALSO, it's a bad idea to post messages to comp.binaries.apple2... I am just doing this in case you might not read comp.sys.apple2 for some very odd reason. -- /Apple II(GS) Forever! unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu MAIL ME FOR INFO ABOUT CHEAP CDs\ |WRITE TO ORIGIN ABOUT ULTIMA VI //e and IIGS! Mail me for addresses, & info. | \ "Dammit Bev, is it you inside or is it the clown?" -IT by Stephen King /