wgraff@iiic.ethz.ch (Werner Graff) (03/01/91)
several PD-Utilities exist wich allow to view edit or even convert MacPaint files of a Macintosh. All theese (in Fact the ones I have) require an DOS-extension of *.MAC or *.PIC. My question is the following: I learned that, if I have thouse files in MacBinary-format on a DOS-disk all works pretty well. Now there are two points with confuse me (or wich I wonder about :-) ) 1) one utility (namely GWS.EXE) allows to convert various formats into each other. There I can toggle an option MACBINARY-HEADER on or off. But the whole stuff works only when this option is on. If I dont have the file in MacBinary format (only copied on a DOS-Disk (under AccessPC)) there doesn't work anything. so: witch format has the file to be in if the option is off ? 2) to get a MacPaint file into MacBinary format I had to transfer it via FTP (MacBinary on) to a sun and to take it back from there with FTP again (MacBinary off, but Binary on). I did this with MacIP 4.0. On this way it was converted to MacBinary on its way to the sun and brought back without conversion to the Macintosh. now: do there exist utilities to convert a file to MacBinary locally on a Mac without causing traffic on the net ? I hope you dont mind my bad english and someone can answer my questions. And furthermore: Don't Panic, Be Happy (or something like that...) ;-)