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From: toddpw@yvonne.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: 5.0.4 format REVEALED and a poll (PLEASE READ THIS)
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Date: 25 Dec 90 08:02:23 GMT
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Ok, I've got the 5.0.4 disks unpacked and working. Here's how they were packed:

	Apple DiskCopy (whose format is published, I have a copy)
	StuffIt on the DiskCopy file
	BinHex on the StuffIt archive.

This is why NOBODY without a Mac can actually unpack these things -- no port
of DiskCopy exists for unix or the II yet. The reason I could unpack these
things is because there are publicly available macs here at 'tech (actually
this one was my roommate's but that's not the point).

Actually DiskCopy is a really simple format ... I think I'll put off Lord
High Giffer for another evening and write a cheap diskcopy unpacker in BASIC!!
HA HA HA !! MERRY CHRISTMAS APPLE!! PPHHPPTT!!

Anyway, I want to take a poll and find out how many people have access to the
5.0.4 disks but not access to Apple DiskCopy. Mail me.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu