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From: Les_Ferch.@MTSG.UBC.CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Macintosh-->ProDOS
Message-ID: <2085654@mtsg.ubc.ca>
Date: 23 Feb 90 23:19:40 GMT
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>There is no need to use AFE .. In fact if you do use AFE it takes
>this data which is for an Apple ][ and treats it like it was a Mac
>file (trouble begins here) .. Now we take this file and convert it
>to Apple ][ format using AFE (why?? it was in A ][ form to begin
>with) .. You now have a file filled with garbage That is useless to
>any and all machines ..
 
In a word, BULLPUCKY.  A text file on a Mac is the same as a text
file on an Apple II - ASCII with CR at line ends.  AFE will simply
copy the TEXT file from the Mac disk to the Apple II 3.5" disk
without any translation, which is exactly what you'd want.