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ARCHIVE UTILITIES
file: ArchivUtils.dsk
This is a disk image which boots ProDOS 1.9 and starts
a program selector. It contains ...
ShrinkIt v3.4 for the APPLE II (for 128k enhanced IIe, //c, ... IIgs)
Type Changer (for 128k enhanced IIe, //c, ... IIgs)
BINSCII
Shrink for 64k II+/IIe version 2.1
UnShrink for 64k II+/IIe version 2.1
ShrinkIt v3.4
ShrinkIt v3.4 is the standard 8-bit utility by Andy Nicholas
for creating and unshrinking .shk file and whole-disk archives.
Whole-disk archives often have the .sdk suffix. (For IIgs ShrinkIt
file archives which contain resources, you must use GS-ShrinkIt.)
Type Changer
Type Changer is the original Roger Wagner program which lets you
change a file's ProDOS filetype. The program's menus are, pretty much,
self-explanatory. One thing may not be obvious. When you are prompted
to enter the new filetype, you can enter the standard 'name' of the
type (e.g. TXT, BIN, S16, etc) OR the filetype number ($04, $06, $B3,
etc.). If you enter the filetype number the "$" must be included to
avoid getting an "unknown type" error message.
BINSCII
This is version 1.0.3 of a program by David Whitney for creating BINSCIIed files and converting BINSCIIed files to regular form. The BINSCII.DOCS text file by Todd Whitsel tells how to use BINSCII.
Shrink and UnShrink for 64k Apples
Shrink and UnShrink are separate programs by Andy Nicholas which
let 64k Apple II users create and access ShrinkIt archives. Unlike
ShrinkIt v3.4, the user interface for Shrink and Unshrink is fairly
primative and may take some practice to get used to. Below are a
examples showing how to use these programs:
Example A: Using SHRINK.SYS to create a Disk archive (a Shrinked Disk file)
1. Format a diskette for ProDOS. (You can use Copy II Plus v7.1-v8.3 or
some other utility to do the format. Or, you can copy a ProDOS diskette
and delete all of the files on the copy.) The diskette can be named
anything you like-- "Target", for example, so long as it follows normal
ProDOS naming rules. It should have no files on it. This will be the
Target diskette for the Shrinked Disk file.
2. Boot the ProDOS diskette on which Shrink is located and start
SHRINK.SYS.
3. Put the DOS 3.3 or ProDOS disk you want to shrink into Drive 1. Put
your empty ProDOS target disk in Drive 2.
4. Select "SHRINK"
5. Select "DISK"
6. Select the disk to shrink (the one in Slot 6, Drive 1)
7. Select the target disk: Press RETURN until you get to a 'window'
showing the name of your target disk in the upper left corner of the
window. (Should be disk in Slot 6, Drive 2.)
8. Type in the name of Disk archive file. For example, if the source
disk is a bunch of DOS 3.3 utilities, you might type in DOS33UTILS.SDK.
The ".SDK" is optional. It is a handy way to indicate that the file is a
whole-disk ShrinkIt archive. (Remember, total name length can not be
more than 15 characters.)
9. The program should begin to create the Shrinked disk file on the
target disk. Total time on a 1MHz II+ or IIe should be about 2.5
minutes. If all goes well, the program will BEEP when done and display
"FINISHED".
Note-1: When finished with a session of creating .SDK files, it's a good
idea to use a ProDOS version of Copy II Plus (e.g. v8.3) to VERIFY--FILE
for each archive file you have created. If an error is detected in a
file, try creating it again using a different target diskette.
Note-2: A typical .SDK file will take up most of a 5.25" disk side. If
the stuff you want to archive is on a ProDOS disk, you can save space by
selecting "FILES" in Step 5 and selecting individual files as part of
Step 6. A File archive's name usually ends in ".SHK".
Example B: Using UNSHRINK.SYS to create a Disk from a Shrinked Disk file
1. Have a 'blank' diskette ready to serve as the disk which will be
created. Actually, it does not matter whether or not it is formatted or
if anything is on it.
2. Boot the ProDOS diskette on which UnShrink is located and start
UNSHRINK.SYS.
3. Put the ProDOS disk on which the Shrinked disk file is located into
Drive 1. Put your blank disk in Drive 2.
4. Select "UNSHRINK"
5. Use Arrow keys to highlight the disk with the Shrinked disk file (the
one in Slot 6, Drive 1) and press RETURN to select it.
6. Use Arrow keys to highlight the Shrinked disk file to unshrink and
press RETURN to select it.
7. Press RETURN to accept the next display
8. At the "UNSHRINK TO" display, select the blank disk (the one in Slot
6, Drive 2).
9. The program will first format the blank disk and, then, unShrink the
Shrinked disk file to the diskette in Slot 6, Drive 2. Total time on a
1MHz II+ or IIe should be about 1.5 minutes. If all goes well, the
program will BEEP when done and display "FINISHED".
Note: If you are unShrinking a File archive (i.e. an .SHK file instead
of a whole-disk .SDK file) the diskette in Drive 2 must be formatted for
ProDOS and have enough space for the files you unShrink from the
archive.
Rubywand, 1998