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edalzell 12-08-2006 02:09 AM

OSXdude, look up!

OSXdude 12-08-2006 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edalzell (Post 340440)
OSXdude, look up!

Ha! :D

If you look at your post time, and mine, you will see that they are only a minute apart. When I posted my response, yours hadn't appeared on the board yet...at least not on my end. We were probably writing our messages at the same time.

Anyway, I am a bit lost here. When I click on that link, I am taken to a page called "test". Is "test" actually one of the image files? When I download it by holding down my Option key on the link, it downloads as "text.txt".

If it is indeed an image file, I need to know the type and creator of the file, if you know them.

. . . Okay, I just reread your previous messages. I made two copies of the file, added a type and creator to each file, as you specified in your previous message, removed the .txt extension, and then just tried a variety of old graphics programs. So far, I haven't had any success. Neither file has an application icon either...just a standard generic icon.

Carl Stawicki 12-08-2006 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edalzell (Post 340437)
Sure, have at 'er.

Can you .zip the files and upload them that way?

edalzell 12-08-2006 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Carl Stawicki (Post 340502)
Can you .zip the files and upload them that way?

Sure, here they are. I CAN open the first one...it is a MacDraw II document that is viewable in EazyDraw and Intaglio.

hayne 12-08-2006 12:05 PM

The 2nd & 3rd files seem mostly to be text - e.g. open them in TextWrangler and have a look.

edalzell 12-08-2006 12:10 PM

Yes, I know that, but the title would indicate that they are graphics of some kind. It could just be a table of data, but it would be nice to know!

schneb 12-08-2006 03:31 PM

They look like preference files to me. One looks like a settings file for some kind of modem or router.

edalzell 12-11-2006 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by schneb (Post 340613)
They look like preference files to me. One looks like a settings file for some kind of modem or router.

Based on their title, the files should be images.


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