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From: hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC <==> MAC ?
Message-ID: <3646.26001664@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 16 Mar 90 02:25:39 GMT
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In article <63320012@hpl-opus.HP.COM>, knotts@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Tom Knotts) writes:
> I have a PC clone, and I want to know if I can read/write MAC (gag) files.
> I have a 1.44M 5.25 disk drive. Can I run the Dana program without buying
> a special disk drive? Does it only make sense to read/write ASCII files, or
> could I read in an MS Word file made on a MAC, then edit it using MS Word on
> my PC, write it back out in the MAC MS Word format so that a MAC can use it

First of all, your 1.44MB drive must be a 3.5" not a 5.25"

Yes, you can use your 1.44MB drive to read/write Mac disks by using the Copy ][
PC Deluxe Option Board.  It works with your existing drive.  As for files, if
the programs on the Mac and IBM are file-format compatible, you can transfer
them without resorting to ASCII.  I believe with Word, they don't use the same
format, but the Mac version can load and save MS-DOS Word files if you turn on
some option in the Save menu.  As long as one program is capable of reading the
other's files, you should be all right.

-Sanjay Aiyagari (HD7X@vax5.cit.cornell.edu)