On Mar 10, 8:27 pm, Mac128DOTcom <[email protected]> wrote: > Ignore this if I've missed the point, but most of the .SIT and SEAs > for classic software were encoded under Classic conditions. As > correctly pointed out, SEAs are programs, they will only run under the > Classic (pre-OS X environment). Some may require much older resources > such as those in OS 8 or earlier. The same goes for .SIT files. It is > best to import these files into something like Sheepshaver, Basalisk > II or MinivMac and expand them under the proper OS environment. I know > of no other way around this. >
> On Mar 10, 7:26 am, John Teffer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mar 9, 2009, at 11:44 PM, lrbarrios wrote: > > > > Can someone please tell me what these files are or provide > > > me the correct usable versions. http://www.lowendmac.com/sable/07/ > > > drivesetup15patch.sea > > > andhttp://www.lowendmac.com/sable/07/drivesetup173patch.sea. > > > They both downloaded as generic files on my OS 10.4/Firefox 3 setup. > > Stuffit Expander 12 was able to expand them both into applications, > > and double clicking on them started up OS 9 and they seemed to run > > fine, giving me a prompt to locate Drive Setup so it could be patched. > > > An SEA file is supposed to be a Program, not a Document. It stands > > for Self-Extracting Archive. Stuffit Expander, for example, would be > > distributed as an SEA, so that people without an expander program > > already would be able to download it, run it, and have it expand itself.- > > Hide quoted text - > Thank you all who responded to this. I think I've come to a determination as to what the problem(s) were. SEA files, as we all know, are self-extracting SIT files. I believe the code that is wrapped around the files in question was incompatible with my 7.5.5 Quadra and my 10.4 MDD. John Teffer's post about using StuffIt Expander 12 got me to thinking. I had used SE 10 on my 10.4 machine and it didn't work. I used SE 5.5 on my 7.5.5 machine and it didn't work. They both complained about the format of the file. When I downloaded the files with Safari on the MDD, it told me that the file might be a program. But it couldn't run it. Unfortunately, I didn't have Classic installed yet. I cranked up my Wallstreet II (running 9.2.2) and downloaded the files with IE 5 (I think). The downloaded SEA files launched just fine. I was able to apply the patches as described. Now I need to get those patched files back to my PC for burning to the CD... here we go again... Lonnie. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
