dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) (10/14/87)
I am looking for a way to move text files between a Mac-II and an
IBM-compatible system. The IBM is equipped with a 3.5" diskette
drive (double-sided, 720-kbyte standard) accessible as B: under
MS-DOS.
Does anyone know of a software package to allow either of these
systems to read/write the other's diskette format? If not, how
about other file transfer techniques: lans? modems? SCSI for the
IBM?
Thanks!
--
Dave Levenson
Westmark, Inc. A node for news.
Warren, NJ USA
{rutgers | clyde | mtune | ihnp4}!westmark!davekeeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (Kees Huyser) (10/15/87)
In article <210@westmark.UUCP> dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) writes: >I am looking for a way to move text files between a Mac-II and an >IBM-compatible system. The IBM is equipped with a 3.5" diskette >drive (double-sided, 720-kbyte standard) accessible as B: under >MS-DOS. > >Dave Levenson I've been transferring files between an IBM-PC (my BBS) and my Macintosh quit a lot, with no problems using the following hardware/software combination. A null modem cable between COM1 on the PC and the modem port on the Mac. Macintosh IBM-PC DB-9 male DB-25 female --------- ------------ 1 <-------------------> 7 2 <-------------------> 15 5 <-------------------> 2 7 <-------------------> 17 9 <-------------------> 3 Since the Mac II uses a din-8 plug instead of a DB-9, use the din-8 to DB-9 cable that Apple has for sale (part number M0187, cable assembly part number 590-0341-A (stamped on cable itself) A homebrew din-8 to DB-9 cable looks as follows: DIN-8 DB-9 ----- ---- 1 <-----------> 6 2 <-----------> 7 3 <-----------> 5 4 <-----------> 3 jumpered to pin 1 in DB-9 connector 5 <-----------> 9 6 <-----------> 4 7 no wire 8 <-----------> 8 1 jumpered to pin 3 in DB-9 connector On the PC side I use ProComm v.2.4.2, on the Mac side VersaTerm Pro 2.0. The transfer is done at 19200 BPS, a quite reasonable speed. The transfer method is Xmodem on the PC side, MacBinary Xmodem on the Mac side. This way all Mac documents, programs etc. that you transfer will be the same on both sides, i.e if you transfer a Mac program FROM the PC TO the Mac, it will get its Icon and properties back. If you want to transfer plain TEXT files, use Text Xmodem on the Mac side. Hope this works for you too... -- Kees
forags@violet.berkeley.edu (10/16/87)
Here are two ways to transfer files between Mac's and MS-DOS machines:
1. MacLink Plus, which consists of an interconnect cable plus file-transfer
programs for the Mac and MS-DOS.
Available from: DataViz, Inc.
16 Winfield Street
Norwalk, CT 06855
(203) 866-4944
I don't know price. Several of our users have it and are quite satisfied.
2. Use the TOPS LAN system (this is software for the Mac, plus a special board
and program for the PC which allows it to work on an AppleTalk network; you
also need the cabling for the network...). Cost - TOPS for the Mac about
$150, and the board and program for the PC about $350.
Available from Centram Systems West, Berkeley, Calif.
(415) 644-8244
TOPS for the PC also allows you to send PostScript files to an Apple
LaserWriter if one is installed on the network.
Al Stangenberger, Dept. of Forestry, Univ. of Calif. Berkeley
forags@violet.berkeley.edu
uucp: ucbvax!ucbviolet!foragsgk@kksys.UUCP (Greg Kemnitz) (10/16/87)
In article <210@westmark.UUCP> dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) writes: >I am looking for a way to move text files between a Mac-II and an >IBM-compatible system. The IBM is equipped with a 3.5" diskette >drive (double-sided, 720-kbyte standard) accessible as B: under >MS-DOS. > >Does anyone know of a software package to allow either of these >systems to read/write the other's diskette format? If not, how >about other file transfer techniques: lans? modems? SCSI for the >IBM? I am not aware of an approach to this problem using a standard 3.5 inch PC drive. The recording formats are not the same. We recommend the use of a MicroSolutions MatchMaker card in the PC, with a standard Macintosh floppy drive plugged into it. This allows the PC to read/write MAC diskettes. Utilities are included to displaythe contents of the MAC diskette, view, copy, and delete files, and format MAC diskettes. Note: This works with standard Macintosh disks. I have not yet had a chance to play with a MAC-II, so I do not have a confirmation they continued to use the same format on their disks. Assuming they did, it should work fine. Although this is one of the products we sell, I don't have the pricing handy. If you need any more info, I'll be glad to send you a copy of the brochure, or whatever.... -- Greg Kemnitz | amdahl \ K and K Systems | ihnp4 !meccts!kksys!gk P.O. Box 41804 | rutgers/ Plymouth, MN 55441-0804 | AT&T and clones: (612)475-1527
bobr@zeus.TEK.COM (Robert Reed) (10/16/87)
The latest issue of IEEE Micro magazine has a new product announcement for a half-size card for the PC which allows you to plug in a Macintosh outboard floppy disk drive. It supposedly makes the Mac disk encoding transparent to the PC, allows transfers in either direction, and supports hierarchy. Cost of the board is around $400. I can't remember the name of the company, and have no idea about effectiveness, reliability, etc., but it sounds exact like what you want. (Me too). -- Robert Reed, Tektronix CAE Systems Division, bobr@zeus.TEK
dws@cseg.UUCP (David W. Summers) (10/17/87)
In article <210@westmark.UUCP>, dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) writes: > I am looking for a way to move text files between a Mac-II and an > IBM-compatible system. Why not just try using Procomm on the IBM and RedRyder on the MAC? That's what I do and it works great! - David Summers ..!rutgers!pbox!romed!actsn!david ..!rutgers!pbox!romed!actsn!cseg!dws