uncompress software for Color Classic? (7.6.1)

[mraroid]

Hi...

I am looking for a un stuffit, un zip, all in one utility that I can run in my CC II under 7.6.1.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

jack

 

[olePigeon]

Stuffit Expander 5.5 and DropStuff 5.5 with Expander Enhancer.  Should handle stuffit & zip files.

 

[rezwits]

Stuffit Deluxe 4.0 with 68k, Stuffit Deluxe 4.5 with PPC, have a copy of Expander 5.5 for your 68k to get thru the newer sits, and use Expander 6.0 for your ppc for the newer ones.  I always use the older method to stuff myself.  But bear in mind this is just preferences, but the 4.0 package is cleaner and most everything works unless you run into, newer archives, which if you use Magic Menu, it will just "wiff" and do nothing, but then you just drag to Expander!  This is in my opinion the least buggy version and has the most features, you have to turn OFF SpaceSaver cause that will just chew up your processor.

 

[mraroid]

Thanks everyone.  I hope to install them today.

jack

 

[mraroid]

Well, here is the problem....

I can find the utilities.  But they them selves are compressed or zipped. I can not extract them.

I need a utility (unzip and or stuffit expander) that is not compressed that I can put on my color classic. 

Anyone know of a web site I can go to that has a couple of the tools that I can down load that do not need to be expanded?

Thanks

jack

 

[CelGen]

Ah yes, the famous Chicken-or-egg situation. For those times when a SEA file won't extract itself or because whoever uploaded it originally forgot that the reason you need a decompression utility is to decompress files.

When in doubt, grab an OS 8 or OS 9 install disc and in the Internet folder there should be a copy of Stuffit Expander. You can use that to extract what you need. I keep a fat-trimmed copy of DropStuff and Stuffit Expander 4.x on an 800k floppy as to always avoid this scenario.

 

[mraroid]

Thank you CelGen.  I believe I have a CD of OS 8 and/or OS 9 kicking around here someplace.  Time to dig them out!

jack

 

[mraroid]

Well, that did not work.....
 
I was unable to find Stuffet expander on the OS8 CD.  But I did find a version on the OS9 CD.
 
The CC, running 7.6.1 was able to see all the files on the OS9 CD.  I was able to move Stuffit Expander from the OS9 CD to my 7.6.1 desktop in the color classic.  When I clicked on the installer, I received a error message that said "Error 192 - Stuffit Expander".
 
I spent the morning surfing the web for a uncompressed version of a unzip program or a un compressed version of Stuffit expander.  No luck. 
 
If I were not in Ecuador I would buy a copy on ebay or Amazon.  But we have corrupt mail service here.  I need to buy a copy when I can pay for it with pay pal and down load it....
 
Any suggestiuons?
 
Thanks
 
jack

 

[NiKaotix]

If you have a floppy drive, try extracting Stuffit in an emulator on to a 1.4mb disk image, and writing that image to an actual floppy - it should be usable in the Mac. Not copying the file in windows, but a direct disk image write or dd.

 

[rezwits]

wait how are you able to connect to the internet?  goto macgui.com and type expander.

 

[Macdrone]

Stuffit expander will be in the internet files on the OS Cd's under the browsers.

 

[mraroid]

Macdrone....

Thanks for the help.  I admit to not looking at all the files.  I will look again in the files for the browser or internet stuff.

I think the version of Stuffit on the OS 9 disk may be too new for 7.6.1.  But I am not sure.  I unstuffed it on a powerbook and tried to burn a HFS CD and move it over.  But it did not work.

I will look again on the OS 8 CD when I get home tonight. 7.6.1 will read the OS 8 CD as well as the OS 9 CD. 

jack

 

[mraroid]

rezwits....

I have a G4 powerbook running Leopard.  I use the powerbook to support my Color Classic.  I just learned how to make CDs on the powerbook that the Color Classic will read. 

I am able to down load games and utilities on the powerbook.  I can burn them to a CD.  I can drop the CD into the CD drive of my Color Classic and move the files over to the Color Classic hard drive.

But in a very strange move, all the unzip programs and all the unstuffit programs I have found are compressed.  If I could find copies that are already un compressed, I could move forward.  But as of a few days ago, I am stopped in my tracks. 

Maybe I have not looked in the right place.  I should have bought this stuff from Amazon or ebay when I was still in the states.  I am in a small town in Ecuador now. And for the most part, do not have snail mail.  So I keep looking on line for someplace i can buy it and down load it.  But so far, nada....

jack

 

[Paralel]

Error 192 means you are trying to run a PPC version of software on a 68k only machine. That means the version you are trying to run is too new.

 

[mraroid]

Thanks Paralel.  This means that the unstuffit version I found on my OS 9 CD will not work on my CC.  I am about to find the OS 8 CD and try to find a unstuff it version on that CD.

jack

 

[CelGen]

Error 192 means you are trying to run a PPC version of software on a 68k only machine. That means the version you are trying to run is too new.

D'oh! I totally forgot about 68K mode.

Sorry about that mraroid.

 

[Paralel]

The last version you can run, as mentioned above, on a 68k machine, is Stuffit Expander 5.5.

If I can make you a Toast image with the files you need on it, will that work for you? Toast images should survive without compression or transcoding, so you should just be able to burn it so your 68k machine can read it.

 

[mraroid]

I booted my OS 8 CD on a CD drive on my Color Classic.  I could not find Stuffit expander on my Mac OS 8 CD any place.  I will look again tonight, but I believe my OS 8 CD is OS 8, not OS 8.1.

Paralel...  Thanks for the suggestion.  I will try to unstuff 5.5 on my powerbook, then burn it to a CD using Toast 5. something.  I have not used Toast before.  I will noodle around with it and see if I can figure it out.  I can report back in the morning.

Thanks for the tip!

jack

 

[Paralel]

Here is a toast image of the 5.5 expander and the appropriate StuffIt Engine extension that needs to go into the Extensions folder in System

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByPsWXkpeDUfYXRZeGZUaVdGMm8/view?usp=sharing

You can mount the image using Toast or burn it. It was made with Toast 3.5.7.

It isn't sensitive to transport, it should be able to transit a Modern Mac or even a PC system without any trouble.

With the 5.5 expander and the Stuffit Engine extension you should be capable of unstuffing anything that is stuffed and intended for a 68k Mac.