Help -- .sea.bin files, PC to Mac to IIgs
Rich Beaudry
I am trying to get System 6.0.1 for my IIgs on floppies, and I am
having problems. I understand that .sea files are supposed to be
"self-extracting", btu I cannot get them to extract! Here's what I
did:
- Went to Apple's web site, and downloaded the *.sea.bin files for all
7 disks to my PC
- Used MacSee to copy some of the files to a Mac-formatted diskette
(1.4MB, 3.5"). This stripped the .bin extension, and left the .sea
extension
- Used the Mac to format an 800KB 3.5" DD diskette, and copied some of
the .sea files to the diskette
- Fired up the IIgs.
At this point, I tried booting a 6.0.1 floppy, and double-clicking the
.sea file, and I also tried booting ProDos 8, and doing a "-" and a
"BRUN" on the file, but all of these methods result in "TYPE MISMATCH"
errors, or other errors. I tried changing the file type to "S16", and
"BIN", and "EXE"... no luck on any...
I also tried skipping the MacSee part, and copying from a PC floppy to
the Mac, then from the Mac to a ProDos diskette... No luck....
Is there something in the PC-Mac exchange that is bombing these files?
I have no problem transferring .SHK and .SDK files, and of course I
can use ADT for .DSK files, but this .SEA.BIN is driving me nuts!
Can anyone help?
Rich B.
Brian Hyer
6fe0711e.01110...@posting.google.com, "Rich Beaudry"
<r_be...@hotmail.com> wrote:
You'll need to de-BinHex those .bin files - why Apple did that is beyond me.
Expand them with BinHex to result in .sea files only, or use the .sea files
on your Mac diskettes - these are Mac self-extracting archives, which are
double-clicked or run through Stuffit Expander to produce (usually) a folder
of the same name. The files in that folder are the files to put on your
ProDos-formatted disks.
Rubywand
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to get System 6.0.1 for my IIgs on floppies, and I am
> having problems. I understand that .sea files are supposed to be
> "self-extracting", btu I cannot get them to extract!
You can save a lot of hassle by getting Sys 6.0.1 in ShrinkIt form from GS WorldView. Just go to GSWV's archive page at http://www.apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Sel/index.html and click on "Getting GS System 6.0.1".
Rubywand
Rich Beaudry
> You'll need to de-BinHex those .bin files - why Apple did that is beyond me.
Cool ... Now where do I get BinHex?? :-)
will strutts
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It automatically does bin/hex when it transfers the file to
the mac diskette. Maybe that is what your program does
when it made the mac disk. It might have removed the .bin
because it translated the bin/hex file.
I believe the .sea files can only be extracted on the Mac
and not the IIgs. You need a copy of DiskCopy from Apples
site to open them. That is how it worked on my Mac when
I copied those files down from the Apple site. I created them
on the Mac and then used them on the IIgs.
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Ken Tucker
ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_
American/Apple_II/Apple_IIGS_System_6.0.1/ and read the txt file and it
worked perfectly as described. You'll need Disk Copy on your Mac to do it
though, but that should be easy to find. Once it is done, you'll have a
bootable disk for your IIgs. Disk 2 of 7 is the main one that I used (the
System Disk).
When you get past this and get stuck un-sea-ing GSHK, look for my earlier
post (about a week ago) that will help you out.
Ken
"Rich Beaudry" <r_be...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6fe0711e.01110...@posting.google.com...> Hello all,
Paul Grammens
Rich Beaudry <r_be...@hotmail.com> wrote
> - Fired up the IIgs.
>
> At this point, I tried booting a 6.0.1 floppy, and double-clicking the
> .sea file
There's your problem. It's self-extracting on a Mac, not a IIgs. Use
Stuffit to extract the disk image on your Mac, then use DiskCopy on the Mac
to make actual floppies from the disk images. Then they should work in your
IIgs.
-Paul
Steve Quarrella
BH> files only, or use the .sea files on your Mac diskettes -
It's that "synergy" that Sculley tried to ram down our throats all those years
ago. Could you imagine if someone had said "You need an Apple II to do that for
your Mac"?
will strutts
"Steve Quarrella" <Steve.Qua...@SPAM.f9005.n393.z1.fidonet.org> wrote
in message news:MSGID_1=3a393=2f9005=40fidonet...@fidonet.org...
Hmm. Must have been all of that Sugar Water that Sculley used to
sell at a certain other company that got into his blood. As they say,
the best accessory for an Apple II is a Mac.
