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- From: yasu@ll.mit.edu (Alan Yasutovich)
- Subject: Re: Proterm file transfer & appleworks files
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.153032.3575@ll.mit.edu>
- Sender: news@ll.mit.edu
- Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- References: <1992Sep10.121755.8749@cas.org> <1992Sep10.195221.16348@ll.mit.edu> <19920911.055155.597@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 15:30:32 GMT
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- In article <19920911.055155.597@almaden.ibm.com> Pauley@vnet.ibm.com (Paul Benson) writes:
- >In <1992Sep10.195221.16348@ll.mit.edu> Alan Yasutovich writes:
- >> I am trying to transfer files from a sun to my apple IIc.
- >> I am able to transfer the file to a disk, but the appleworks
- >> software doesn't recognize it; it's in the wrong format.
- >
- >Well, more than likely the (text?) files you are getting from your sun are
- >straight ASCII files. AW does not read those in directly. You have to
- >Create New Document->From ASCII File->(provide pathname), and that should
- >read it in. If this is what you are doing, then something else is messed
- >up.
- >
- >Pauley
- >GEnie: P.Benson1
-
-
- You are right. Thank you. I am able to suck in the file
- that way. Is there a way to transfer the file so that
- all the garbage (i.e. many "#"'s) go away, and there
- isn't any editing to do from the transfer? (Or at least
- a minimal amount)?
-
-
- Thanks again.
-
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- Alan Yasutovich
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