10.008 I have downloaded a bunch of files for the Apple II lately that are in a format called GZ. I understand it is some variation of Zip but I don't have a translator for it on my GS. Does anyone know where I can find one?
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This article is from the Apple II Csa2 FAQ, by Jeff Hurlburt with numerous contributions by others.
10.008 I have downloaded a bunch of files for the Apple II lately that are in a format called GZ. I understand it is some variation of Zip but I don't have a translator for it on my GS. Does anyone know where I can find one?
5.25" disk image files downloaded from Asimov, mod files, and some others
are, often, in GZ g-zipped format and usually have the .gz file name extension
(like narfgame.dsk.gz). If you download the files to a PC, you can use WinZIP
to unzip the file.
Note: Due to the use of an extra period, names of g-zip compressed files-
- names such as "narfgame.dsk.gz"-- do not always survive downloading to PC's.
Some setups may remove the ".gz" from the name when saving the file. In order
to be correctly recognized by WinZIP, the file's name should be repaired so
that it ends with ".gz".
Usually, once unzipped, an Asimov GZ image file will end up as a 143,360
byte DSK file with a name ending with ".dsk". The file may be used as a virtual
diskette on an emulator like AppleWin; or, it may be transferred to a real
Apple II via NULL modem and converted to Apple-readable diskette form using
DSK2FILE or (GS-only) ASIMOV. (Or, it may be NULL modem transferred directly to
5.25" diskette via a version of ADT.)
If you download a GZ file directly to your Apple you can use a program
named "GZPK" v2 to convert it from gzip form to a zip format which can be
unzipped via PMPUnzip 2.0 or Angel. A GZ file from the Asimov site should end
up as a DSK file.
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By: lachlan_arnott and Byron Desnoyers Winmill
On a Mac, you can use MacGzip to unZIP g-zipped (.gz) DSK files into
uncompressed form. Another choice (for doing the same job as WinZIP on a PC) is
Aladdin's StuffIt Expander and the DropStuff Expander Pack. These utilities
can be found on many Macintosh related ftp sites. (See Q&A 007.)
By: Slick
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