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From: berger@iboga (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: File Transfer Possible Between Mac and PC Using Diskettes?
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Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1991 20:56:43 GMT
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noring@vaxr.llnl.gov writes:
>I have a need at work to be able to transfer binary and ascii files back
>and forth between my Macintosh and my ibm-pc.  The only way I can think of
>(short of hooking the pc into the Internet, as the Mac now is) is to write
>the files onto 1.2 Mbyte 3-1/2" diskettes using appropriate software
>(I'm assuming that the diskettes themselves are compatible between machines,
>which I'm not sure about).
*----
No, that's not a good assumption unless you have the newer FDHD drives, in
which case you could write ms-dos compatible diskettes.

The easiest way with standard equipment is to buy a Central Point Systems
Copy-II-PC Options Board for around $ 100.  It connects between your existing
diskette controller and diskette drives.  Software is included to read/write
Mac disks on a standard 3.5" PC drive.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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