Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu!agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu!GAYNOR From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: Mac Sysadmin questions Message-ID: <1991Jun14.134055.3474@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu (Usenet news) Nntp-Posting-Host: agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio Cooperative Extension Service References: <91164.092420UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> <1991Jun13.182446.1089@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu>,<7579@bgsuvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 13:40:55 GMT In article <7579@bgsuvax.UUCP>, dnebing@bgsuvax.UUCP (David Nebinger) writes: > I thought that the High-Sierra format was supposed to make the cd's >readable by both machines. I know that they couldn't use each other's >applications, etc., but general the file structures could be read and >understood by both machines. True, but they have to -use- the High Sierra format to do this. Most CD-ROM publishers, in order to optimize the CD-ROM, produce them in the specific format of the intended platform. Not all, just most. --- Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University VMS: UNIX: Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine. So there! Witty Quote: "Shoot him now! Shoot him now!" - Daffy Duck, "Rabbit Seasonings"