[net.micro.pc] Converting MacPaint pictures to the IBM PC

mentat@ut-ngp.UUCP (Robert Dorsett) (10/10/86)

Does anyone know of commercial or public domain software packages that
will permit the transfer of MacPaint documents to an IBM PC via (prefer-
ably) direct linkup or modem, and would afterwards convert them to a format
usable by an IBM?



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john@uwmacc.UUCP (John Jacobsen) (10/10/86)

> Xref: uwmacc net.micro.pc:8532 net.micro.mac:8296
> 
> Does anyone know of commercial or public domain software packages that
> will permit the transfer of MacPaint documents to an IBM PC via (prefer-
> ably) direct linkup or modem, and would afterwards convert them to a format
> usable by an IBM?
> -- 
> Robert Dorsett   	           ARPA: mentat@ngp.cc.utexas.edu    -OR-   


I have a routine written in Turbo Pascal that I can make into a .COM file
that takes binary MacPaint data and makes a pretty nice image on an EGA or 
CGA.  I forgot who wrote it, but I do have source. 


John E. Jacobsen 
University of Wisconsin -- Madison Academic Computing Center

randy@chinet.UUCP (Randy Suess) (10/12/86)

In article <4107@ut-ngp.UUCP> mentat@ut-ngp.UUCP (Robert Dorsett) writes:
>Does anyone know of commercial or public domain software packages that
>will permit the transfer of MacPaint documents to an IBM PC via (prefer-
>ably) direct linkup or modem, and would afterwards convert them to a format
>usable by an IBM?

	There was a program posted in net.micro.mac a while ago called
"readmac" that would convert macpaint images downloaded to a pc 
to display images that could then be captured by frieze from PCPAINTBRUSH.

It is not too big, and I could mail it to you.


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dalem@hpfcph.HP.COM ( Dale McCluskey) (10/13/86)

As far as transferring the files from Mac ---> IBM you should be able to find
a version of Kermit somewhere.  I know of MS Kermit for IBMs, and I would 
assume that there is a version out for the Mac.

						Dale McCluskey

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DMB@PSUVMA.BITNET@ndmce.uucp (10/17/86)

   i recall an article in the not so distant past (maybe summer 86)
in Byte Magazine about transferring macpaint pics into ibm format.

                                                      dave brosius

john@uwmacc.UUCP (John Jacobsen) (10/24/86)

> As far as transferring the files from Mac ---> IBM you should be able to find
> a version of Kermit somewhere.  I know of MS Kermit for IBMs, and I would 
> assume that there is a version out for the Mac.
> 
> 						Dale McCluskey
> 
> 						{ihnp4,hplabs}!hpfcla!dalem
>  

There is a version of Kermit for the Mac.  You can use the straight binary
settings for the Macintosh Kermit to send files to the PC.  I have done this
a few times.  You can also use a hardware - software package called "pc to
mac and back" -- this I haven't used.

John E. Jacobsen
University of Wisconsin -- Madison Academic Computing Center