darling@cellar.UUCP (Darling) (06/20/91)
I'm looking at a Spectre GCR system, which apparently reads Mac disks straight away, and wondering: if I buy such a thing, is there an easy way to transfer files from ST disks to Mac disks and vice versa? It seems that if both formats can be accessed this should be no big deal. Is such a copy utility included/available? Anyone? ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\\\^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ darling@cellar.UUCP \\\ Thomas Darling * record production * dance re-mixing uunet!cellar!darling \\\ Fact HQ Studio * The Cellar BBS:215/336-9503 * FACT v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~\\\~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~
boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) (06/21/91)
In article <T54s41w164w@cellar.UUCP>, darling@cellar.UUCP (Darling) writes: >I'm looking at a Spectre GCR system, which apparently reads Mac disks >straight away, and wondering: if I buy such a thing, is there an easy way to >transfer files from ST disks to Mac disks and vice versa? It seems that if >both formats can be accessed this should be no big deal. Is such a copy >utility included/available? > I posted something along this line, and was told that there are several utilities available for the mac that allow it to read/write IBM format disks (which of course work on the ST). I seem to remember that at least one of these packages is PD or shareware. -- ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- Mickey R. Boyd | "Kirk to Enterprise. All clear FSU Computer Science | down here. Beam down Technical Support Group | yeoman Rand and a six-pack . ." email: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu | ---------------------------------+-------------------------------------
wilko@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (W.C. Bulte) (06/21/91)
In article <1991Jun21.031316.17980@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu writes: >In article <T54s41w164w@cellar.UUCP>, darling@cellar.UUCP (Darling) writes: >>I'm looking at a Spectre GCR system, which apparently reads Mac disks >>straight away, and wondering: if I buy such a thing, is there an easy way to >>transfer files from ST disks to Mac disks and vice versa? It seems that if >>both formats can be accessed this should be no big deal. Is such a copy >>utility included/available? If you are using Spectre 3.0you can use: AccessPC Dosmounter Apple File Exchange (text only I think) I tried both AccessPC and Dosmounter, and they work fine, AccessPC even correctly formats MSDOS disks. The above also works if you only have the Spectre 128 cartridge, without the GCR Hope this helps (Note: I have never seen a PD or shareware program that does the trick; the programs above were only on loan so I don't know their price) _ __________________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte Domain: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) System Engineering uucp : [mcsun,hp4nl]!philapd!wilko * Philips Information Systems Nederland phone: +31 55-432372 fax: +31 55-432103 "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'" Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back ________________________________________________________________________________
gjh@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Graham Higgins) (06/21/91)
>I'm looking at a Spectre GCR system, which apparently reads Mac disks >straight away, and wondering: if I buy such a thing, is there an easy way to >transfer files from ST disks to Mac disks and vice versa? It seems that if >both formats can be accessed this should be no big deal. Is such a copy >utility included/available? Yes, there is a utility called Transverter which allows fairly free transfer between ST format disks and MFS format Mac disks. I have an MFS HD partition on under Spectre which I use as a source/destination area for file transfers. It allows Binary or Text format and with the Binary, enables Spectre to recognise the file types (.SIT, etc). ++ I posted something along this line, and was told that there are several ++ utilities available for the mac that allow it to read/write IBM format ++ disks (which of course work on the ST). I seem to remember that at least ++ one of these packages is PD or shareware. But beware, most of this is TEXT only, Transverter allows transfer of Binaries. Graham ====== ------------------------------------------------------------------ Graham Higgins | gjh%ghiggins@hpl.hp.co.uk Hewlett-Packard Labs | gjh%ghiggins@hplb.hpl.hp.com Filton Road, Stoke Gifford | gjh%hplb.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa Bristol, U.K. | ...!mcvax!ukc!hplb!gjh Tel: +44 272 799910 x24014 Fax: +44 272 790554 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: My opinions above are exactly that, mine and opinions. ------------------------------------------------------------------