cfw@Res-C4.Prime.COM (Christopher Wroten) (02/13/91)
Please pardon my ignorance, I just acquired a iigs. I have no gs's at work to get access to the internet and ftp. But I do have lots of Macs. If I download a gs file to the mac, save it to a 3.5" floppy, and take it home to my gs, will I be able to read it? If not, is there a way to accomplish this? Thanks. -- Christopher F. Wroten Statements made here are my own and do not Prime Computer Inc., MS 10-24 necessarily reflect Prime's opinions. 500 Old Connecticut Path 508-620-2800 x4336 (7:30am-4pm EST) Framingham, Mass. 01701 CFW@RES-C4.PRIME.COM
cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Charles William Swiger) (02/15/91)
>Please pardon my ignorance, I just acquired a iigs. I have no gs's at >work to get access to the internet and ftp. But I do have lots of Macs. >If I download a gs file to the mac, save it to a 3.5" floppy, and take >it home to my gs, will I be able to read it? If not, is there a way to >accomplish this? Thanks. >cfw@Res-C4.Prime.COM (Christopher Wroten) Yes, the is a Mac program on one of the System disks called "Apple File Exchange" that will transfer files to a 3.5" ProDOS formatted disk. Be warned, the program is hideously slow writing ProDOS files, but it does work. I've heard that there's another program around called "AIIFX" or some such that is an Apple // program that will read Mac HFS formatted disks. It's supposedly much faster than the "Apple File Exchange." In case you're wondering, "Apple File Excnahe" writes each block of data, then updates the directory block(s) for the file, instead simply writing all the data blocks and then updating the directory. Hope this helps, -- Charles William Swiger cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu
r.levy@cooper.cooper.EDU (Rami Levy ) (02/21/91)
In article <1991Feb13.090336@burn.Prime.COM>, cfw@Res-C4.Prime.COM (Christopher Wroten) writes: > Please pardon my ignorance, I just acquired a iigs. I have no gs's at > work to get access to the internet and ftp. But I do have lots of Macs. > If I download a gs file to the mac, save it to a 3.5" floppy, and take > it home to my gs, will I be able to read it? If not, is there a way to > accomplish this? Thanks. Don't worry, it's a common question. I'm in the same position, except I've had a GS for 3 years. Anyway, after ftp'ing or whatever, just copy the files onto a 3.5" (double density only -- not High density) and take it home. Use A2FX (Apple II File Exchange) to copy the files to Apple II format, then do whatever decrunching or Unshrinking you need to do (usually BinScii and ShrinkIt). It's quite simple, and usually painless. Send me email if you have additional questions. _________________________________________________________________________ | Apple //(GS) Forever!! | | r.levy@marvin.cooper.edu | | The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NYC | | | | GGGG SSSSS RRRRR U U L EEEEE SSSSS | | GG G SS RR R U U L E SS | | GG SSS RRRR U U L EEE SSS | | GG GGG SSS R R U U L E SSS | | GGGGG SSSSSS R R UUUU LLLLL EEEEE SSSSSS | |________________________________________________________________________|