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From: ez001793@dino.ucdavis.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Sys disk at apple.com
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Date: 25 Dec 90 05:40:56 GMT
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Reply-To: pthirose@ucdavis.edu (Paul Hirose)
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I heard that the new sys disk (5.04) was at apple.com so I checked.  Turns out
that the people put it in .hqx format, which is BinHex.  On the offchance they
merely named it wrong, I ftp'd it, and took a look, and the header clearly
states this file must be done with binhex 4.0

This being the case, I have some questions:

1] Is there Binhex for teh AppleII GS?
2] Is there Binhex for Unix?
3] Why did they use Binhex and not ShrinkIt, which they (Apple) themselves
   have right there in one of their directories.  Which reminds me, the
   shrinkit at apple.com, I think, is version 2.1, since the file says
   shirnkit2.1.  Who ever is in charge of apple.com, maybe an update
    to 3.03 would be appropriate, along with GsShrinkIt.
4] Does this mean ftp.apple.com is still not set up?
5] For those of us who do not have ftp-access (I do though) would it be
   illegal for me to get sys504 from the ftp site, and email it to them
   (yeah...it's large, but that's not the point right now)
6] I assume it is illegal to put up sys504 on comp.binaries.apple2, even
   though it is on an ftp site.
7] Will any other ftp site carry the sys disk?

I took the two text files (release notes.)  Sounds nice - be nice if I
understod more of what's there though (I am not a programmer, I'm a user).

Paul Hirose
pthirose@ucdavis.edu