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From: cs1552ao@charon.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: I'm Miffed about binscii, shrinkit
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Date: 4 Apr 89 04:44:37 GMT
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robertd@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Robert Dexter) writes:

> I am having a frustrating time with my appleIIe and these wonderful
> programs that I am attempting to download.
>
> All three verson of shrinkit (0.95, 1.0, 1.01) all print a 6 in the
> upper left corner of the screen and then goes into the monitor at
> the first press of any key. I can write an assembly program that is
> much smaller that does the same thing. The lastest version had the
> documents (surprise) with it. To my dismay, it says I need a 65C02
> and mousetext ROM (GS requirement?). I have never heard of this ROM.

With all due respect, Robert, you're in an awful small group if you've
never heard of this upgrade.  It's been available from Apple for at
LEAST three years, and most of the newer //e software I've seen requires
it.

Talk to your dealer about upgrading -- it's just a swap of a few chips on
the motherboard and it's well worth it.  The more recent the software you
use on the //e, the more likely it is that you'll need it . . . as you've
already discovered.

> Well, here I sit with a flood of diskettes on my desk, and I can't
> do a *damn* thing. If I have to invest in a hard disk, I might
> just go ahead a get an IBM clone instead. I like my Apple, but it
> sure isn't as easy to use as the AT at work. I have never had
> trouble downloading PC software and unpacking it.

No doubt your AT has at least 640K onboard, and maybe some high-density
floppy drives as well.  You can't expect your 128K //e with a pair of
140K drives to have that same level of functionality.

> Any clues as to how do I do this on a standard IIe with duodisk
> would be a great help.

Find a friend with an upgraded machine, preferably with a decent-sized
RAMdisk, a 3.5", or a hard drive.  You'll be able to get things going in
a few minutes.

                                                                         Lazlo
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