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- From: lone@hogbbs.scol.pa.us (John Hale)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Apple File Exchange problems
- Message-ID: <635qXB6w166w@hogbbs.scol.pa.us>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 19:12:16 EST
- References: <1jla5iINN7se@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Organization: The Heart of Gold BBS, Lemont PA
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- cb408@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Reames) writes:
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- >
- > 'm STILL having problems converting AW files to Microsoft Works.
- > My school lab has LC2's. I've installed Apple File Exchange on the
- > hard drive of the LC. I've formatted a new disk on the GS and then dragged
- > the AW files from the 5.25" floppy to the 3.5" disk, formatted with
- > GS/OS from System 6.0.
- > Then I run Apple File Exchange. I then put in the 3.5" disk. I get the
- > message that the Mac doesn't recognize the disk, and the question is asked
- > if I want to format the disk or eject it.
- > I tried formatting with different Sys Disks and re-installing Apple File
- > Exchange- I get the same message each time. I've verified the
- > GS/OS formatted disk both with System 6 and with Copy2+ and there seem
- > to be no errors.
- > I can't figure out what is going on? Any ideas? Thanks!!
- Try a PRODOS disk, as in Mac-to-prodos conversion. That'll (as they say)
- "probly" do it. GS/OS is just that, GS/OS. -LW
-