Re: [NTLK] Newt Development CD

From: Norman Palardy (palardyn_at_shaw.ca)
Date: Fri Dec 13 2002 - 22:08:54 EST


NO
Dont do it
If you extract the contents of a SIT on Windows you lose all the
resource forks and it will not work after that on a Mac

On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 09:14 AM, Anthony Vernier wrote:

> <victor_at_newtontalk.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> If you're on a Mac, download the SIT and
>> extract it instead. If you're
>> going to burn it on Win98 and use it on a Mac
>> (which it sounds like you're
>> going to do), burn the SIT onto a CD and then
>> extract it from the CD on a
>> Mac otherwise you will lose all of the resource
>> forks and file type info.
>>
>> The HFS image is intended for people using
>> BasiliskII, the Mac emulator. It
>> is NOT an HFS CD image. It CANNOT be burned
>> onto a CD and used in that way.
>>
>
> I knew this. But can I extract the sit on a win machine and go from
> there?
>
> Tony.
>
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