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- %1
- F1-HELP
- MAC-IN-DOS provides you the ability to read/
- write Macintosh ( 1.44 MB ) diskettes .
- Other file access functions are also provided,
- for both DOS and Macintosh, for creating new
- directories and deleting files and directories.
-
- The Macintosh directory structure allows names to
- 32 characters, with included blanks, while DOS only
- allows 8 characters, with no blanks, and an
- extension of three characters.
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- The Macintosh directory structure is also more
- complicated since additional infomation is
- necessary compared to DOS. In addition to any
- data that you store to the Macintosh disk, the
- Macintosh system also adds data so that the
- application that generated the data is also known.
- Also saved is data that represents the icon used
- and its screen position and there is additional
- data beyond that. Besides this data, that is
- outside of the data you are interested in, is
- non-text data that represents formatting and
- other controls that each application might insert
- within the text data.
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- Many Macintosh applications provide the option of
- creating a pure text file. These are the files
- which are typically of interest and which should
- be copied using the copy text option. The copy
- text option takes care of the difference between
- the Macintosh text files and DOS text files. It
- does not create text from files that have control
- and formatting characters within them. Any file may
- be copied using the copy image option. This
- copy gives you an exact image of the file you copied.
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- In addition to the file of interest from the Macintosh
- you may also get two addtional files. This is an
- option selectable on the first Macintosh to DOS copy.
- These additional files are useful to have if you want
- to recopy to a Macintosh disk. If this is not the
- case they may be of no interest to you and you don't
- need to copy them to DOS. The data file is
- identified with and extension of .M~. The other two
- files, called the resource and finder, are
- identified with .M~R and .M~F. Some files copied
- from the Macintosh disk will only have a resource
- and a finder file, some will have only a data file
- and a finder file, and some will have all three.
-
-
- %2
- F2-DIR
- DIRECTORY
- List the files and subdirectories of your current
- directory in the active screen. Directories are
- identified with the notation <DIR> to the right of
- the subdirectory name. The Macintosh side will show
- you data size, resource size and number of files in
- a subdirectory.
- You may use the Up/Down/PgUp/PgDn keys to scroll the
- directory list. Using the INS key will turn the field
- size on/off.
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- After inserting a new MAC diskette, if the Macintosh
- side is the currently active screen, you may simply
- press any key to flush out what is on the screen and
- bring up the directories and files from the new MAC
- diskette. You may also go head and activate a Mac
- function, using the functional keys, which will first
- flush out what is currently on the screen and then
- bring up the directories and files from the new Mac
- diskette before the Mac function is activated.
- If the diskette is not a Mac formatted 1.44 high density
- diskette, the Mac screen will be blank (files could not
- be read).
- %3
- F3-CD
- CHANGE DIRECTORY
- Change the current directory to one chosen from
- the active window. For the DOS window the drive
- can also be changed. To change to drive A: type
- A: when the directory name is asked for.
- Similarly for any drive you have available on
- your system.
-
- %4
- F4-CD \
- CHANGE DIRECTORY TO ROOT DIRECTORY
- Change the current directory to the top directory
- of the current drive. For the Macintosh disk this
- is the drive you selected when you started the
- program. For the DOS disk, this can be any of the
- of the drives available on your system. DOS
- drives can be selected with the F3 key.
- %5
- F5-FORMAT
- FORMAT A NEW MACINTOSH DISKETTE
- Format a 1.44 MB Macintosh diskette. Any data on the
- diskette will be erased. Before the formatting begins,
- the program will ask for confirmation.
- %6
- F6-MKDIR
- MAKE DIRECTORY
- Make a new subdirectory within the current
- directory.
-
- %7
- F7-RMDIR
- REMOVE DIRECTORY
- Remove a subdirectory from the current directory.
- An empty directory may be removed. If the directory
- is not empty then a warning will be issured.
-
- %8
- F8-DEL
- DELETE A FILE
- Delete one or more files from the current directory.
- This command allows wild card characters to be used.
- The character * represents zero or more characters.
- The character ? represents any one character. As in
- DOS using the name *.* for the delete request will
- delete all the files in the directory. Before
- actually doing this delete the program will ask for
- verification.
-
- %9
- F9-COPY TEXT
- COPY A FILE AS TEXT
- This copy command expects a text only file that has
- to be changed from Macintosh standard text to DOS
- standard text or from DOS to Macintosh. DOS expects
- two characters to terminate each line, the carriage
- return and a line feed, while Macintosh only has one,
- the carriage return. DOS also has a file terminator
- character, control-Z, which Macintosh does not have.
- These are the only two things that copying a file as
- text changes.
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- This command allows wild card characters to be used.
- The character * represents zero or more characters.
- The character ? represents any one character. As in
- DOS using the name *.* for the delete request will
- delete all the files in the directory. Before
- actually doing this delete the program will ask for
- verification.
-
- When copying from Macintosh to DOS using the wild card
- characters, DOS's name restrictions sometimes require
- that you type the name for DOS to use. If the
- Macintosh name falls within DOS's restrictions then
- it will be used.
-
- When copying from DOS to Macintosh the DOS names
- will be used for the Macintosh disk.
-
- %10
- F10-COPY (IMAGE)
- COPY A FILE
- Copy a file from disk to disk. If the file is a text
- file and you may want to copy it using the
- F9-COPY TEXT key.
-
- This command allows wild card characters to be used.
- The character * represents zero or more characters.
- The character ? represents any one character. As in
- DOS using the name *.* for the delete request will
- delete all the files in the directory. Before
- actually doing this delete the program will ask for
- verification.
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- When copying from Macintosh to DOS using the wild card
- characters, DOS's name restrictions sometimes require
- that you type the name for DOS to use. If the
- Macintosh name falls within DOS's restrictions then
- it will be used.
-
- When copying from DOS to Macintosh the DOS names
- will be used for the Macintosh disk.
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