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a quick note about extracting .zip files & "Corrupted files"

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supernova777:
http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/compatibility_sheet


--- Quote ---Disk Copy 6.5b13

(Sheepshaver)
w/ Old World ROM - UNTESTED
w/ New World ROM – It theoretically only runs under Mac OS 9.1 and above. However, by changing the version numbers of the System, Finder, and System Resources files to match those of 9.1, the program will run. I haven’t tested out Disk Copy’s .dmg compatibilities yet. A fair warning though; you will risk the compatibility of MANY applications (They will ask for DebugLib – which as far as I’m concerned, there’s no download).
--- End quote ---

according to this page its possible to get disk copy 6.5b13 to run on lower versions of mac os
i assume they tried this because for whatever reason... sheepshaver only works with 9.0.4 (? i think?)

seems like a bit much trouble to go to.. i dont think i would even bother trying that.

Protools5LEGuy:
I don't want to hijack this but there are methods to deal with .zip files http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=2214.0

supernova777:
that may be... but i reccomend u do some tests with zip files created on panther or tiger or leopard
and see if these apps are capable of extracting them properly

as ive said before on other threads theres some type of slight incompatibility that results in corrupted files + lost resource forks
when extracting zip files that have been made on mac os x on mac os 9..

if u can confirm a solution that would be great. but it would need to be confirmed!
it would be great to know if this was just an isolated "stuffit" issue

as for http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-unrar-12
wow i did not know this existed.. cool;)

except on the page http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=2214.0
the user bender points out:


--- Quote from: bender ---Keep in mind that this software won't decompress RAR archives created with WinRAR 3.0 or later as the file format changed and this tool was not updated.
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so this has limited compatibility

there may be many apps but compatibility + reliability is something that determines their usability.. and history of wider audience acceptance (or lack of acceptance)

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