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From: oppyb@nyssa.CS.ORST.EDU (Oppy)
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Subject: Re: Mac - PC file transfer (esp. MacPaint)
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Date: 13 Sep 90 15:39:24 GMT
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In article <6843.26eb870a@vax1.tcd.ie> pmcauley@vax1.tcd.ie writes:
>I have transfered MacPaint files to PC by using kermit, but I haven't (yet)
>managed to do it in the other direction. Also text files are a pain to transfer

To get a macpaint file back onto the macintosh, you'll have to edit the
file type and creator (which are stored in the header for mac files).
There are a few ways to do this, but the easiest way is to use mactools, or
a similar program which allows one to edit this information...  This is
true whether you are using kermit to transfer the files, or the apple
file exchange program.

Hope this helps,

Brian Oppy
oppyb@nyssa.cs.orst.edu