Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!insignia From: insignia@netcom.COM (Dave Hull) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Query about AccessPC Message-ID: <1991May28.213818.18513@netcom.COM> Date: 28 May 91 21:38:18 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services UNIX System {408 241-9760 guest} Lines: 23 badri@warren.mentorg.com (Badri Lokanathan) writes: >Hardware configuration: Mac Classic (2/40) with FDHD >I have a bunch of LaTeX files created on a PC, that are saved text-only. >I need to be able to make changes to them on my mac. Currently I use the >Apple File Exchange to translate to Mac format, edit them with an editor >(usually uemacs) and finally translate them back into DOS format. This >requires starting up the File Exchange twice. >Ideally I would like to be able to read and write directly in DOS format. >I am considering using AccessPC to mount DOS disks. Would it be possible >for me to edit the files directly from the DOS disk? Will uemacs do the >job or will I have to use something like Word that can read/write DOS? -- "Wait Nemo! I've got it! Back-up memories! Redundant recollections. That way we won't forget anything. He-e-ey that's a great idea! >pop< >pop< Uh, what's a great idea? I dunno... Why do you ask?" -Subconscious Comics *Dave Hull insignia@netcom.com* Insignia Tech Support (415) 694-7604 Any opinions here are mine. My employers are kind enough not to read them.