PS9ZRHMC@MIAMIU.BITNET (Peter Sweeney) (04/20/91)
I'm at my wit's end.
There is a professor on campus that has 30 disks full of
Apple IIe documents that he has written over the last 8 years.
Last month he bought a Mac. He wants to convert from
the Apple to the Mac.
Problem number one: they are all on 5 1/4" disks.
Problem number two: he was using software that ran
under AppleDOS. Not Apple ProDOS.
AppleDOS. Jesus. I think the software
was a primitive version of AppleWorks.
My boss seems to think I can hook up an Apple IIe to
the serial port on an IBM and fool the software into
thinking it's "printing." Meanwhile, on the IBM
side, I set-up PCTRANS to receive and build the file.
The file is transferred to the Mac via DEC's PathWorks.
Hellish. It might work, but hellish.
I've tried converting from DOS --> ProDOS on an Apple IIe
and then copying from 5 1/4" to 3 1/2" and then running
Apple File Exchange on the Mac. Okay, feasible, but slow. Plus,
Apple ProDOS is the most inconsiderate buttinsky piece
of software. [e.g. It won't let me rename what it thinks are duplicate
files in the middle of a copy. I have to either overwrite or skip]
I figure with this method, maybe a disk an hour. Maybe.
I'm not looking for anything fancy here, folks.
These are just flat text files. Can I print directly
to a Mac and have MacKermit receive it? I've experimented
with this, but so far, no luck.
Anyone have any ideas?
Any response is welcome.
Peter Sweeney | Two of the worst things we teach our
200 Elliott Hall | children are that a knowledge of
529-3982 | science is nice but not necessary,
| and that a knowledge of sex is
| necessary but not nice.