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From: schiffer@stsci.EDU (Skip Schiffer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Is 5.04 different then 5.03
Summary: My experience
Message-ID: <2198@stsci.EDU>
Date: 10 Jan 91 12:41:56 GMT
References: <9155.apple.net2@pro-grouch> <42328@ut-emx.uucp> <1991Jan9.213723.2799@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1991Jan10.121340.86109@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Reply-To: schiffer@stsci.EDU (Skip Schiffer)
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218
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Just a quick note to say that the files on Apple.com can be processed
on the Macintosh to yield II GS disks without using the II GS at all.
(I do not have a hard disk on my II GS which makes it impractical to
create the files on it. :-()  You can use Stuffit 1.5.1 to convert 
the .hqx file into a .sit file, and then use it to unpack the .sit
into the dlmg file.  (sorry about mixing identifications.)  
The dlmg file can be copied to a disk using (on a Macintosh) using
the DiskCopy (I used version 4.1).  The entire process is quite slick.
Note that DiskCopy is available from Apple.com (I believe it is in the
DTS Macintosh system software area).  You will need Stuffit 1.5.1 to
convert and unpack DiskCopy.

One reason I am posting this information is not all of us use Unix 
systems to perform their FTP copies.  I generally do all the FTP
copies directly from my Macintosh as the transfer rates are superier.

To all those for whom this information was a waste of time I apologize.
			Skip

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