gmurray@ibmpcug.co.uk (G Murray) (04/07/91)
In article <111369@unix.cis.pitt.edu> kline@unix.cis.pitt.edu (William E Kline) writes: > This may sound a little strange...but... > I need to be able to convert mac diskettes to an IBM machine. I currently > have a 386sx/20 with 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 inch H.D. drives. Is there currently > any software or hardware that will let me read a mac diskette directly > onto my ibm comp, or simply convert it in? > I will be converting MAC Pagemaker files for printing... > > Any help would be appreciated....:) > There are at least 2 solutions to this. 1) If the MAC disks are the newer high density type then the PC should be able to read them directly. 2) There is a board/software by MicroSolutions called either MatchMaker or MatchPoint. One of these allows a PC to access an Apple II disk, the other allows reading/writing of MAC disks, but I can't remeber which is which. Hope this helps. Graham -- Automatic Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group. --
nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu) (04/07/91)
gmurray@ibmpcug.co.uk (G Murray) writes: >In article <111369@unix.cis.pitt.edu> kline@unix.cis.pitt.edu (William E Kline) writes: >> This may sound a little strange...but... >> I need to be able to convert mac diskettes to an IBM machine. I currently >> have a 386sx/20 with 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 inch H.D. drives. Is there currently >> any software or hardware that will let me read a mac diskette directly >> onto my ibm comp, or simply convert it in? >> I will be converting MAC Pagemaker files for printing... >> >> Any help would be appreciated....:) >> > There are at least 2 solutions to this. > 1) If the MAC disks are the newer high density type then the PC should be > able to read them directly. > 2) There is a board/software by MicroSolutions called either MatchMaker > or MatchPoint. One of these allows a PC to access an Apple II disk, > the other allows reading/writing of MAC disks, but I can't remeber > which is which. or: 3) There is the easiest way.. if your Mac has a superdrive, there's an init called initPC (i think) that allows the Mac to do the writing in PC format for either HD or 720.. I friend has it; i'll check if its shareware or PD; if it is, i'll binhex and email it to you if you want. If it isn't, ask some comp.mac types (i don't read those groups, so i can't tell you if its been discussed). nye
c60b-1eq@web-1e.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson) (04/08/91)
In article <1991Apr7.085103.28026@nntp-server.caltech.edu> nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu) writes: >gmurray@ibmpcug.co.uk (G Murray) writes: >>In article <111369@unix.cis.pitt.edu> kline@unix.cis.pitt.edu (William E Kline) writes: >>> This may sound a little strange...but... >>> I need to be able to convert mac diskettes to an IBM machine. I currently >>> have a 386sx/20 with 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 inch H.D. drives. Is there currently >>> any software or hardware that will let me read a mac diskette directly >>> onto my ibm comp, or simply convert it in? >>> I will be converting MAC Pagemaker files for printing... >>> Any help would be appreciated....:) >> There are at least 2 solutions to this. >> 1) If the MAC disks are the newer high density type then the PC should be >> able to read them directly. >> 2) There is a board/software by MicroSolutions called either MatchMaker >> or MatchPoint. One of these allows a PC to access an Apple II disk, >> the other allows reading/writing of MAC disks, but I can't remeber >> which is which. >or: > 3) There is the easiest way.. if your Mac has a superdrive, there's > an init called initPC (i think) that allows the Mac to do the > writing in PC format for either HD or 720.. I friend has it; i'll > check if its shareware or PD; if it is, i'll binhex and email it > to you if you want. If it isn't, ask some comp.mac types (i don't > read those groups, so i can't tell you if its been discussed). If your Mac has superdrive, you can use the Apple File Exchange. It should come with your Mac and I believe it is shareware. The AFE is a simple program which will convert files from one format to the other. It can also format diskettes in MSDOS format on your Mac. But this is assuming you have a Mac. +==========================================================================+ | Noam Mendelson ..!agate!ucbvax!web!c60b-1eq | "I haven't lost my mind, | | c60b-1eq@web.Berkeley.EDU | it's backed up on tape | | University of California at Berkeley | somewhere." |