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From: kjfair@midway.uchicago.edu (Kenneth Fair)
Subject: Re: How to install MaxZip
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In article <56ear4$c1v@milo.vcn.bc.ca>, nkg@vcn.bc.ca (Neil K. Guy) wrote:

>Rick Langer (rlanger@world.std.com) wrote:
>: I need to help my father-in-law install MaxZip on his Mac so we can give
>: him some Inform games we've developed (family projects). I know nothing
>: about Macs and he is completely non-technical. The file is
>: MaxZip-152.hqx. What kind of 'uncompress' utilities will he need & what
>: are the specific installation procedures?
>
> Download the file as plain text unless you're using Dartmouth's Fetch FTP
>program, which should be left as automatic. Get a copy of StuffIt
>Expander (preferably version 4.0.1 or later from your computer dealer or
>ISP if you dnon't have it already) and simply drag the file over top of
>StuffIt Expander's icon. MaxZip will just appear.
>
> Then simply pull down the "Import" menu item from the "File" menu and 
>import any Z-machine game - usually files ending in .z3, .z5 or .z8. 
>Unlike the .hqx file, download the Z-machine games as binary.

Always, always, always, have a copy of StuffIt Expander around.  It's
free, and it'll uncompress most anything.  I have at least three copies of 
it in various places so that, if need be, I can recreate my whole hard
drive following a crash.

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