Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!killer!rpp386!dalsqnt!usl!usl-pc!lar From: lar@usl-pc.usl.edu (Robert Lane A.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: ][+ UnShrinkit (was Re: what format are .Z files in?) Message-ID: <263@usl-pc.usl.edu> Date: 10 Apr 89 14:24:29 GMT References: <8904050455.AA12319@batman.moravian.edu> Reply-To: lar@usl-pc.usl.edu (Robert Lane A.) Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette Lines: 20 In article <8904050455.AA12319@batman.moravian.edu> nicholaA@moravian.EDU writes: >>P.S. Has anybody had trouble with IIplus unShrink? I can get to the bit where >>you select the file in the archive to be extracted but then the program seems >>to stop and won't respond to any key except RESET; that takes me back to the >>start. > >Have you tried plugging something into your joystick port? It seems that on >some Basis 108 machines (and possibly other Apple ][+ clones), the softswitch >area does strange things to those who read it as opposed to "normal" apples. I have the exact same problem running II+ UnShrinkit 1.1 on an honest-to-goodness Apple ][+ (64k, rev 4 motherboard) with a joystick always plugged in. Have yet to get it to work. Any other ideas? Lane ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lane Robert lar@usl.usl.edu ...!{killer, dalsqnt}!usl!lar University of Southwestern Louisiana Computing Center