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From: jmj@mhuxu.UUCP (J. M. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac to IBM File Transfers
Summary: UNIX <=> MAC II <=> Tandy 1000SX file transfers, very easy
Message-ID: <9052@mhuxu.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 89 13:58:15 GMT
References: <962@novavax.UUCP>
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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In article <962@novavax.UUCP>, maddoxt@novavax.UUCP (Thomas Maddox) writes:
> 
> 	Though I have been an IBM-compatible user, I soon will have
> routine access to a Mac+ and a Mac SE at work.  I would very much like
> to transfer files between the Mac(s) and my IBM-compatibles at home.
> 
> 	So, is there any easy or relatively easy or moderately
> difficult way to transfer files among these machines?  Is there any
> hope at all that I could create ASCII files on the Mac and read them
> on the IBM-compatibles and vice-versa.  

I do this sort of thing all the time.  At work I use a MAC II with 
VersaTerm-PRO to read Netnews postings.  I use Kermit on the UNIX machine
that I am tied into to download files to the MAC at work and my Tandy MS-DOS
machine at home.  I use a 12M removable cartrige drive to save all the files
I want to back up with the MAC.  If I have a file that I want to transfer
to my home computer, I just upload to the UNIX machine and download when I
get home.  If it is a text file from Macwrite, I save the file using the
"text only" option in the "save as..." menu selection.  Then I use text
kermit mode to transfer the file from the Mac to the UNIX machine then to
my Tandy.  For binary files, I use binary kermit for transfers.  I haven't
lost a bit yet.
-- 
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J. M. Johnson, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Reading, PA       ...!att!mhuxu!jmj