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From: blackman@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Michael Blackman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Mac Trans GS (Works on ALL II's)
Message-ID: <11038@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 23 Oct 89 23:25:20 GMT
Reply-To: blackman@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Michael Blackman)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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Ok, I've made a fairly good attempt at locating John Wolf, the author of
MacTrans GS, way back in 1984.  Apparently his CIS address is defunct,
and I know of no other way of contacting him.

I'm going to send out the "improved" version of MacTrans GS,
which converts MFS (old Macintosh) format files to ProDOS (and runs on
the Apple), in a few days, unless anyone yells at me not to.  After
that, I'll respond to anyone's requests, etc. about it, as John appears
not to be around anymore. 8-)

Here's a quick run-down of the fixes:
 - Now accesses devices farther than two devices down on the Smartport
   chain (this is the main improvement -- GS users encountered problems
   here.)
 - A little better error checking, which allows proceeding after some
   not-too-fatal errors
 - A default download-file-type (easily changeable)
 - Informs you of filenames longer than 15 chars

*** As always, it runs on all Apple II's with a 3.5" SmartPort drive.
You don't need a GS, despite the name. ***

That's about it...it's just a minor fix, not a rewrite.  :-)

Scott Blackman
blackman@phoenix.princeton.edu

...It ain't HFS Trans GS, but it's what we've got!  :-)