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| Click here to select a new forum. | | need help on binscii.exe [apple IIe card] | Posted by: slomacuser on 2012-06-25 11:50:03
Hello!
I red this page about apple II software: http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/appleii/internet.html#utilities
And now I want to install binscii.exe on mine Performa that has IIe card but got this error in IIe card prodos:
]EXEC BINSCII.EXE
FILE TYPE MISMATCH
]
Any help on this?
| Posted by: david__schmidt on 2012-06-25 12:32:23
That file needs to be text - not binary, not basic, but plain text in order to be EXEC'ed.
When doing this low-level bootstrapping of un-shrinking software by hand, I found software in this directory to be very useful:
http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/useful.stuff/
Of course it is much easier to just use a tool like CiderPress to add whatever you need to a disk image and then boot that. But if you want the full experience of getting it all running from just text, don't let me stop you. ;-)
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