[NTLK] How to open .bin file

[Pawel Piotrowski]

Hi Sylvain,

Thanks for that mail. That explains everything.

Is there any method to transfer that content on 1MB Newton memory card?


Cheers,
Pawel

> On 14 Jan 2020, at 09:20, Sylvain Pilet <sylvain at pilet.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Pawel and all,
> 
> The file k-diags-1.4.3.bin.gz (k-diags-1.4.3.bin) is not corrupted!
> If I remember correctly, this file is not a standard .bin file but a binary image of the 1 Mb Flash card called K-Diags, which was used to test the eMate 300's. Therefore it cannot be readable as a file since it is a "clone" of a PCMCIA Flash card. 
> There was a thread about this image at this address :
> https://marc.info/?l=newtontalk&m=152591621004583&w=2
> 
> Sylvain Pilet
> 
> http://message-pad.net
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>> Le 14 janv. 2020 à 08:11, Pawel Piotrowski <newton at indigi.co.uk> a écrit :
>> 
>> I have the same… Broken file?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Pawel
>> 
>>> On 13 Jan 2020, at 23:47, Dennis Swaney <romad at nvwisp.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> OK, I tried using The Unarchiver. Opening k-diags-1.4.3.bin.gz gave me
>>> k-diags-1.4.3.bin. Opening k-diags-1.4.3.bin gave me k-diags-1.4.3.bin.cpgz.
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Dennis B. Swaney
>>> 
>>> "Cogito Ergo Mac"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 3:13 PM Pawel Piotrowski <newton at indigi.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 13 Jan 2020, at 17:16, Grant Hutchinson <grant at splorp.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 13, 2020, at 4:28 AM, Matej Horvat <matej.horvat at guest.arnes.si>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> StuffIt Expander on a Mac will extract it, if memory serves.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And the Windows equivalent is Aladdin Expander. Not all files will
>>>> still be usable
>>>>>> if extracted on Windows, but at least Newton packages should be. If
>>>> not, Strip.exe
>>>>>> can be used.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I’ve been using The Unarchiver for years. It’s free and can handle
>>>> pretty much any compressed or archived file format you throw at it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://theunarchiver.com/
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I’ve tried many apps on MacOS X and classic Mac OS. Nothing works :(
>>>> 
>>>> Could I ask you, guys, to try to unpack tis file and juz zip the content,
>>>> please: http://unna.applenewton.co.uk/•%20incoming/k-diags-1.4.3.bin.gz
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Pawel Piotrowski
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