This FAQ already lists exactly where to get Binscii and GSCII+ as well
as the Shrinkit programs, as well as the top level directories of
several major ftp sites. To save some hunting around in the directory
structures, Apple II versions of most archive programs are located at
the following places:

Caltech's Apple II Archive: apple2.caltech.edu, pub/apple2/ARCHIVERS
Ground: ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/apple2/Mirrors/caltech/ARCHIVERS

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6.3 What do the file extensions mean?

Many times, people put filename extensions (extra characters at the
end of a filename) to denote what type of file it is. Please note that
these are just accepted standards. If a file does not indicate it's
type, you will probably have to guess. The following is a table of
some common filename extensions. (Note that upper/lower case usually
doesn't matter in extensions) See the previous section (on archivers)
for programs that will deal with these files.

ExtensionWhat is it? (What program do I use?)
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Text only files:
.html[TEXT] ASCII text file with (ascii) formatting codes. Used to
format documents on the World Wide Web, some other places.
.htm[TEXT] .html, but the extension got trimmed to 3 characters
.txt[TEXT] An ASCII text file: usually English text.

Archive files:
.aaf[TEXT] Apple Archive Format for source code (aaf.unpacker)
.ACUApplelink Conversion Utility (Shrinkit)
.ARCARC Archive (IBM ARC, GS Shrinkit, //e Angel or DeArc2E)
.CPTCompactor Pro archive (Compactor Pro on a Mac only)
.BSC[TEXT] Binscii file. (Binscii)
.BSQ[TEXT] Binscii'd NuFX file. (Binscii--then Shrinkit)
.BXYNuFX archive with a Binary II header. (Shrinkit)
.BNYBLU archive. (Shrinkit)
.BQYNuFX or Binary IIwith BLU header. (Shrinkit)
.BNXNuFX with BLU header. (Shrinkit)
.dskDisk image of 140K 5.25" Apple disk. No legitimate and copyrght-
enforcing Apple II sites use this format, so it is not covered in
this FAQ.
.exe[TEXT] Executioner file. May only work in DOS 3.3. See above.
Note: .EXE generally means IBM executable (binary) program.
.gzGzipped file. No legal Apple II software distributed in this format.
.HQX[TEXT] Mac BinHex file. (BinHex on Mac or GSCII+ on GS)
.LZHLZH Archive (IBM/Amiga LZH program, //e Angel)
.LHALHA Archive (IBM/Amiga LZH program, //e Angel)
.QQBLU archive. (Shrinkit)
.SEASelf-extracting archive (Usually Mac, might be Shrinkit archive)
.SITMac StuffIt archive. (StuffIt on Mac (preferred) or GS ShrinkIt;
GS Shrinkit will only decode very old StuffIt files.
.SHKNuFX archive. (Shrinkit)
.SDKNuFX with a shrunk disk image. (Shrinkit)
.tarUnix Tape Archive (Unix 'tar -xvf', GS EXE tar)
.tgzGzipped .tar file
.uu[TEXT] Unix uuencode file [TEXT] (//e uudecode, Unix uudecode)
.uue[TEXT] Unix uuencode file [TEXT] (//e uudecode, Unix uudecode)
.ZOOIBM Zoo Archive (GS Shrinkit or IBM ZOO program, //e Angel)
.ZIPIBM Zip Archive (GS EXE Unzip, IBM PKUNZIP, Unix unzip, //e Angel)
PMPUnzip
.ZCompressed file (GS Shrinkit, Unix uncompress, //e Angel)