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From: ART100@PSUVM.BITNET ("Andy Tefft  862-6728", 814)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: ShrinkIt v1.0
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Date: 13 Mar 89 03:02:00 GMT
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Original note:
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>>Why can ShrinkIt v1.0 not be run from BASIC like the older versions? Is it
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>ShrinkIt 1.0 and 1.1 cannot be run from BASIC.SYSTEM because they are too
>large for basic to load.  If you want to run shrinkit, I suggest you get a
>program launcher like ProSel or ecp8 (which is freeware now, btw).
>
Ah, but shells such as ecp8 are not real convenient when using floppies...
I wouldn't expect anyone with a hard drive to not be using a program
selector by now (I can't imagine trying to find files on a hard drive
without one, but no hard drive for me yet). If you rename shrinkit to
shrinkit.system and make it the first .system file on a floppy with
PRODOS, it will boot up from that automatically, and if you also copy
basic.system onto that disk, you can at least quit to basic...

BTW - if anyone out there is still using 1200 baud when their host
can support 2400, get a 2400 baud modem! The difference is quite like
the difference between 300 and 1200... I just got myself a 2400-baud
modem and it's great! Quicker for downloading, too...