bobs@pogo.TEK.COM (Bob Saunders) (08/11/87)
I'd like to have a text file transfer program that works between a Mac and an Apple //e with a 3.5 inch drive. I read about a couple of different ones, one called II to Mac and Back, and another, from the A.P.P.L.E. Co-op I think (at least I think I read about it in the Call Apple magazine). Can anyone please send me the info on where to send my money for such a program?
mdavis@pro-sol.cts.COM (Morgan Davis) (08/12/87)
Bob: Apple's Karl Young has written an application called "Passport" which will transfer files between Mac HFS and ProDOS 3.5" disks. Not only will it do raw binary or text transfers, but it will also convert certain file formats to the appropriate format on a foreign disk (i.e., AppleWorks WP to MacWrite). Developers received beta versions of this program, so I don't know if it's available for public consumption yet. In the same vein, Eagle Berns has created two Macintosh applications which convert Apple IIGS pictures to MacPaint format (after Passporting them, I would guess), as well as creating the assembler source for using Mac fonts on the IIGS. FontMunger will read though a Mac font and produce a text file with APW assembler directives to produce a font, or will create the binary image of a FONT file that goes into the SYSTEM/FONTS subdirectory on a ProDOS 16 disk. UUCP: [ ihnp4 cbosgd hplabs!hp-sdd sdcsvax nosc ] !crash!pnet01!pro-sol!mdavis ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-sol!mdavis@nosc.mil INET: mdavis@pro-sol.CTS.COM
afoster@ogcvax.UUCP (Allan Foster) (08/13/87)
In article <pogo.3615> bobs@pogo.TEK.COM (Bob Saunders) writes: >I'd like to have a text file transfer program that works between a Mac and an >Apple //e with a 3.5 inch drive. > Why dont you look at a program called Passport for the Macintosh? It is avaialable from APDA for a nominal fee and is capable of reading an Apple II prodos 3.5 inch disk directly in the mac drive. It also has the capability of converting several common Apple II format documents into mac format. I use it all the time and have not had any trouble with it. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from MAGIC Arthur C. Clarke. Allan Foster afoster@ogcvax
halp@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU ("Bruce P. Halpern") (08/14/87)
ProLink, published by ALSoft, Inc (P.O. Box 927, Spring, Texas 77383-0927. Tel: 713-353-4090) does a painless job of transferring ASCII files between Apple ][ and Macintosh. The Apple ][ must have a 800K 3.5 " disk drive. On the Mac, a 800K drive is also needed. The Mac must be at least a Mac 512. ****DISCLAMER: My comments, etc., are my own shakey opinions ******** | Bruce P. Halpern Psychology & Neurobiology & Behavior Cornell Ithaca | | ARPA: halp@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu | | BITNET: HALP@CRNLTHRY D57J@CORNELLA D57J@CRNLVAX5 | | PHONE: 607-255-6433 Uris Hall, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY 14853-7601 |