--- SteveC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The MacTV is my only Mac. The other boxen are > Windows. > > I downloaded the .hqx Gregg mentioned and grabbed > Stuffit Expander to open > it. But I have no way to format or write the thing > to an HFS disk. > > What can I do now?
Get the TransMac demo from www.asy.com The demo allows you to work with files up to 1.4 meg. When you copy the .hqx file to a Mac 1.4M floppy, it'll decode it. If the .hqx contains an uncompressed Disk Copy image, look for a program called RAWRITE. You want the PC version, not the Linux version. Decoding a .bin or .hqx Macintosh file on a PC isn't a good thing to do, unless the file is a Stuffit archive or an uncompressed disk image you can use some PC utility to write to a Mac readable disk. Decoding them on a PC will lose the Resource Fork, which for 99.99% of Mac files will guarrantee that the file won't work. Stuffit archives only use the Resource fork to hold the Stuffit icon and some data that's not at all required. Stuffit 5 will even add a resource fork and icon to archives without them. (But of course you have to get your Mac working again!) Almost everything Apple has to download is here. http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/ I have the original System Software for the MacTV if you want it. I can e-mail you the disk images. Given the maximum of 8 megs RAM and the special video hardware, I'd stick with the original System on it. Another option, one I've found very useful in times when I need to work on a Mac and there's no other Mac handy, is the Basilisk II emulator. The Windows port here; http://www.saunalahti.fi/~lpesonen/BasiliskII/ Works with Windows 95 through XP though it's best in NT/2K. And if you don't have Windows; http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html If you want to setup Basilisk II, e-mail me off list and I can help you out. :) ===== It's total Fandemonium! http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25� http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
