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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga to Mac?
Keywords: data transfer programs
Message-ID: <2368@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 5 Apr 89 03:31:58 GMT
References: <7568@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: porkka@frith.UUCP (Joseph A Porkka)
Organization: Michigan State University
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In article <7568@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> diradin@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Dean I Radin) writes:
>Can someone tell me a way to transfer ASCII files from
>an Amiga 500 to a Mac?  Is there a PD or commercial program
>that will do this, or can it be done in some simple way I haven't
>thought of?

The most general way is to connect them through their serial ports,
assuming the Mac has one - I don't know.
To do this, get a Null modem adapter at Radio Shack. Plug it into
one of the computers, and find a cable to run to the second. Then
use kermit (available in the public domain for each machine) to
get them talking.

If you don't have kermit then you can write BASIC programs to
stuff bytes in the serial port at one end, and pull them off at the
other.

I don't guarantee that this will work. I have done it before
(Amiga <--> MessyDos clone) and it worked like a charm.
** MAKE ** sure you do not interconnect power sources and the like.
Depending on how picky each computer is, you may only need
to connect 3 wires between them. More likely, you'll need 7.
I do not remember which wires though.
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