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From: thei@pro-party.cts.com (The Infiltrator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: 2 Questions
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Date: 22 Mar 90 13:03:30 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from ko0g+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU

        On the Apple ][, DOS 3.3 does not recognize the 3.5 inch disk drive
because it (DOS 3.3) was made before the 3.5 inch disk was. One thing you
might want to do is to convert the file(s) to ProDOS, using Copy ][ plus...
Unless you do that, there is no other way then to re-write your DOS...
        On converting the files to IBM... Well, I donna know. Possibly if you
can change the .DOC or .TXT files on the IBM to BASIC, possibly using a BASIC
program-writer (QuickBasic or the like...) or something... But you would have
to call up your PS/2 or a friend's IBM and transfer the file as a text file...
        To convert the BASIC file (on the Apple) to a text file, you enter
this as line 0 (if you already don't have a line 0)...
        0 D$ = CHR$(4) : PRINT D$"OPEN XXXXX" : PRINT D$"WRITE XXXXX" : LIST
1,63999 : PRINT D$"CLOSE XXXXX" : PRINT "DONE!" : END
        On the line above, you must replace the 'XXXXX' with the name you want
to give your text file.

Laterz... Niall