knotts@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Tom Knotts) (03/15/90)
I have a PC clone, and I want to know if I can read/write MAC (gag) files. I have a 1.44M 5.25 disk drive. Can I run the Dana program without buying a special disk drive? Does it only make sense to read/write ASCII files, or could I read in an MS Word file made on a MAC, then edit it using MS Word on my PC, write it back out in the MAC MS Word format so that a MAC can use it, etc. It seems that these pesky MACs just won't go away. Since so many people use a MAC, especially at Stanford, it makes sense to be able to interchange with the PC. tom ___________
hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (03/16/90)
In article <63320012@hpl-opus.HP.COM>, knotts@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Tom Knotts) writes: > I have a PC clone, and I want to know if I can read/write MAC (gag) files. > I have a 1.44M 5.25 disk drive. Can I run the Dana program without buying > a special disk drive? Does it only make sense to read/write ASCII files, or > could I read in an MS Word file made on a MAC, then edit it using MS Word on > my PC, write it back out in the MAC MS Word format so that a MAC can use it First of all, your 1.44MB drive must be a 3.5" not a 5.25" Yes, you can use your 1.44MB drive to read/write Mac disks by using the Copy ][ PC Deluxe Option Board. It works with your existing drive. As for files, if the programs on the Mac and IBM are file-format compatible, you can transfer them without resorting to ASCII. I believe with Word, they don't use the same format, but the Mac version can load and save MS-DOS Word files if you turn on some option in the Save menu. As long as one program is capable of reading the other's files, you should be all right. -Sanjay Aiyagari (HD7X@vax5.cit.cornell.edu)
crmeyer@voodoo.ucsb.edu (03/16/90)
-Message-Text-Follows- In article <3646.26001664@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes... >In article <63320012@hpl-opus.HP.COM>, knotts@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Tom Knotts) writes: >> I have a PC clone, and I want to know if I can read/write MAC (gag) files. >Yes, you can use your 1.44MB drive to read/write Mac disks by using the Copy ][ >PC Deluxe Option Board. The PC Deluxe Option board sometimes has problems unless the floppy disk drive controller cables are shortened. Usually the drive has random read/write problems. Shortening the cable always seemed to cure the problem. This card only works with certian brands and models of disk drives. I would reccommend contacting tha manufacturer of the PC Deluxe Option board for a list of compatable drives.
akm@spencer.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) (03/16/90)
I do this almost everyday... The newer macs SEs, IIcx, IIci, IIx, or any mac that has the new (high density drive) can read and write both 1.44Mb and 720 K PC disks. You use a program called AFex (apple file exchange), that comes with the Mac OS. kartik ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anant Kartik Mithal akm@cs.uoregon.edu Department of Computer Science akm@oregon.BITNET University of Oregon