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- From: fmlazar@ritz.mordor.com (Frank Lazar)
- Subject: Re: Getting Amiga software off the Net w/ a PMac
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- Organization: AMUSE-New York Amiga Users Group
- Message-ID: <fmlazar-1701962316330001@10.0.12.15>
- References: <fsbzp-1501961745160001@uaf-du-02-12.alaska.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 04:16:32 GMT
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- In article <fsbzp-1501961745160001@uaf-du-02-12.alaska.edu>,
- fsbzp@aurora.alaska.edu (Bryce Z. Polly) wrote:
-
- > I want to download Amiga software but I use a Mac when using the Internet.
- > How do I download Amiga software on my Mac and transfer it to my Amiga 500
- > to use? Keep the files as text files on the Mac? Decompress .lzh on Amiga,
- > but with what? I'm using 1.3 now but am waiting for a 3.1 upgrade soon, so
- > using DOS disks is the key, right? How do I use DOS disks on 1.3?
- >
-
- Considering that most of the software you're going to get these days
- willbreak on anything less than 2.0, you might want to wait until you get
- the upgrade first.
-
- In the past, I've also used Macs to download stuff for the Amy, either
- by using CrossDos, or the AMAX and Emplant transfer method.
-
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