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- Subject: Re: Help reading Mac Disk
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- From: Michel.Davidoff@sonoma.edu (Michel Davidoff)
- Date: 11 Sep 92 09:10:40 PDT
- References: <1992Sep10.204520.10147@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1992Sep11.005612.2072@alw.nih.gov>
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- In article <1992Sep11.005612.2072@alw.nih.gov> arm@helix.nih.gov (Andrew Mitz) writes:
- >Subject: Re: Help reading Mac Disk
- >From: arm@helix.nih.gov (Andrew Mitz)
- >Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:56:12 GMT
- >In article <1992Sep10.204520.10147@athena.cs.uga.edu> simanovs@athena.cs.uga.edu (Alexander Simanovsky) writes:
- >>Hey-
- >>
- >>I wonder if someone can help me out with a question I have. I recently
- >>purchased a PC and I need to transfer all of my previous work to the
- >>PC from a Mac format disk, so I can edit it using WinWord. Can anyone
- >>tell me what I need to do to accomplish this. Thanks alot.
- >>
- >>Alex Simanovsky 'simanovs@athena.cs.uga.edu'
- >>UGA Law '95
- >
- >There are a number of solutions. First, If you are using Word on the Mac,
- >I suggest saving all your files in the RTF format (called interchange format on the Mac). They are the easiest
- >to import into Word for Windows on the PC, and they retain all formatting.
- >Now, I hope your PC has a 1.44 Mb floppy dirve. That is the key.
- >There are two approaches:
- >1) Format a floppy on the PC for 1.44 Mb. Take it to the Mac and use Apple
- >File Exchange to copy the RTF files
- >to the disk. RTF files are pure ASCII files. (Note: I forgot to say that your Mac better have a HDD (Superdrive)).
- >Carry the copied files to the PC and import them into WfW. They will look fine.
- >The more matching fonts you hve on the PC the better the stuff looks.
- >2) Copy the RTF files to a Mac disk (it still must be HDD) and download
- >the utility DOS-MAC.ZIP (or similar name) that knows how to read a Mac
- >diskette on a DOS machine. I have played with this utility and it works.
- >
- >There is a third alternative that I use the most. Connect both machines
- >to an eithernet and use FTP software. I use WinQVT/NET on the PC (under
- >Windows) and NCSA Telnet on the Mac.
- >
- >Finally, you can connect their serial ports together with a null modem
- >and use KERMIT or similar program to move the data.
- >
- >I have left out other unusual options, like buying an AppleTalk card for the
- >PC or a SCSI hard drive.
- >
- >These approaches are only outlined above, let me know if you need more specifics.
- >
- >
- >
- >-------------------------------------------------
- >Andrew Mitz | NIH Animal Center
- >Biomedical Engineer | Poolesville, MD
- >-------------------------------------------------
- >
- >All opinions expressed are my own.
- >
- >
- MAC-DOS.zip was loaded to some FTP sites however this is not a shareware or
- a PD.
-
- Michel
-