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Post #8 by MarkS
Source Forum68kMLA
CategorySoftware
Post DateSun, 18 Oct 2009 - 00:57
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/unstuffing-a-sitx-file-under-7-5.18790/
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MarkS:
I'm not sure if the procedure you are following is going to give you something usable in the emulated system. However... can you just skip HFVExplorer and get the MacBinary file into the hard disk using the "My Computer" thing?
I cannot transfer directly from the Windows hard drive since the "drive" that HFVExplorer creates is actually a file. The only way to get anything onto that drive from within Windows is to use HFVExplorer. However, it tries to be helpful and checks the validity of the files. I do not need it or want it to do that and there doesn't seem to be any way around it.

Can the MacBinary file that you now have be extracted using an old Stuffit inside of the emulator?
Only under OS 9 and up with StuffIt 7.x and up (which requires OS 9). However, I do not have a ROM file that will support OS 9. I can install up to OS 8.1. If I'm not mistaken, StuffIt 7.x and up require a PPC Mac as well. The only PPC Mac emulators I can find seem to require Linux and have to be compiled. That is one thing I hate about Linux. While I am a developer, I want the applications I use to be pre-compiled. I do not want to use a command line interface to compile a program to use a GUI. It simply doesn't make sense. I may have to go that route, but i'm not certain that it will work.

This is more of a headache than it's worth. I don't know if I should be mad at Apple for creating and pushing the resource file concept or Alladin for creating a file format that cannot be used on earlier computers. Maybe both.

[EDIT]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone happen to know the format of the .sitx file? It may be worth my time to write my own extractor.

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