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From: James_Hastings-Trew@tptbbs.UUCP (James Hastings-Trew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Amax
Message-ID: <James_Hastings-Trew.3332@tptbbs.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jun 91 00:57:55 GMT
Organization: TelePro Technologies
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In a message dated Mon 17 Jun 91 13:18, Chris_gin@kcbbs.gen.nz (chris Gin)
wrote:

 CG> Another question for anyone who can help: Will there be a version of 
 CG> Amax that allows Amiga - > Mac transfers? At the moment, I use Amax 
 CG> for my assignments at Uni, but after doing them on my Amiga I need to
 CG> 
 CG> retype them on the Macs. There must be an easier way!!?? (other than 
 CG> buying a Mac!)

Three ways to kill this particular bird:

1> use a modem to transfer files from your Amiga to your Mac. I use host
sofware on the Amiga (our very own DLG Professional... coming to a BBS near
you!) and I can ring my system up from work and transfer files that way. One
of the features of DLG is that it allows the sysop to call from remote and
"Drop to DOS" where you can prowl around your HD and transfer files to
yourself through a shell. Weird experience typing AmigaDOS commands into a
shell that is actually a terminal screen on the Mac...

2> get CrossDOS (commercial) or MSH (ShareWare) to put the Amiga files on an
MSDOS compatible disk and use Apple File Exchange to read that disk onto the
Mac. Apple File Exchange comes free with the Mac OS, and any Mac with a HD
floppy can read/write MSDOS disks with that utility.

3> get AMax and a Mac compatible drive. Use the File Transfer under Amax to
read the Amiga stuff off the Amiga disk, and then copy that file onto a Mac
disk in the Mac drive.

Of the three options, #2 is the cheapest, and the one I used for quite a
while, until I put DLG up on my Amiga.