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From: gk@kksys.UUCP (Greg Kemnitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Mac <-> MS-DOS File Transfer
Message-ID: <418@kksys.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Oct-87 23:14:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: kksys.418
Posted: Thu Oct 15 23:14:51 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Oct-87 07:59:42 EDT
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Reply-To: gk@kksys.UUCP (Greg Kemnitz)
Organization: K and K Systems, Minneapolis
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In article <210@westmark.UUCP> dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) writes:
>I am looking for a way to move text files between a Mac-II and an
>IBM-compatible system.  The IBM is equipped with a 3.5" diskette
>drive (double-sided, 720-kbyte standard) accessible as B: under
>MS-DOS.
>
>Does anyone know of a software package to allow either of these
>systems to read/write the other's diskette format?  If not, how
>about other file transfer techniques: lans? modems? SCSI for the
>IBM?

I am not aware of an approach to this problem using a standard 3.5
inch PC drive.  The recording formats are not the same.

We recommend the use of a MicroSolutions MatchMaker card in the PC,
with a standard Macintosh floppy drive plugged into it.  This allows
the PC to read/write MAC diskettes.  Utilities are included to
displaythe contents of the MAC diskette, view, copy, and delete files,
and format MAC diskettes.

Note: This works with standard Macintosh disks.  I have not yet had a
chance to play with a MAC-II, so I do not have a confirmation they
continued to use the same format on their disks.  Assuming they did,
it should work fine.

Although this is one of the products we sell, I don't have the pricing
handy.  If you need any more info, I'll be glad to send you a copy of
the brochure, or whatever....


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