Re: [NTLK] Partial success!

From: Scott Hoffman <scottyhoffo_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon Feb 25 2008 - 16:20:36 EST

Hi John,
     Would I be able to "transform" the packages on my OS X machine and then
transfer the package in its correct form to my OS9 computer?
     Thanks,
     Scott

On 2/25/08 11:55 AM, "John Skinner" <john@johnskinner.net> wrote:

> On Feb 24, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Martin Joseph wrote:
>
>>
>> On Feb 24, 2008, at 3:02 AM, Scott Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Now for another of many questions yet to come... Why do some
>>> packages I
>>> downloaded appear simply as "empty file" icons which don't appear /
>>> don't
>>> let me select them with any package utility?
>> <snip>
>>
>> There is an old mac OS utility called Packtype which is a drag and
>> drop thing that will fix the type and creator codes of the files so
>> that the package loaders recognize them.
>>
>> Marty
>
> I think Packtype only runs in Mac OS 9 or classic.
> There is a different program for OS X called Packager, and you can get
> it from here...
>
> http://metastasis.net/mici/newton_e.html
>
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