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From: elmanad@leland.Stanford.EDU (Adam Elman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Re: MAC <==> PC file transfer
Keywords: MacLink
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.212752.24134@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 26 Apr 91 21:27:52 GMT
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One poster has suggested hooking up a mac to a pc using a serial
cable and using Kermit at both ends.

There is actually a commercial piece of software that does this quite
well -- not only does it transfer files from Mac to PC over serial
cables, it does quite a few translations in the process.

The software is called MacLink and is apparently made by DataWiz Co.
(I just ran it on another machine and that's what it said...:-)  It
translates between most PC spreadsheets or WP software and most Mac
stuff.  I'm not sure about graphics or DTP, but I'm sure you can at
least transfer the binaries directly.

It should probably be available at your friendly neighborhood software
shoppe...  

Disclaimer:  I haven't actually used the program myself.  My dad has
used it quite frequently at his office, and the main computing center
here on campus uses it for Mac-PC transfers.  They all like it.

Adam Elman
elmanad@leland.stanford.edu