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- Problems with transporting Mac files from a DOS machine to a Mac?
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- Mac files are split up into two parts (a resource part and a data part),
- further they have a lot of information that the Finder uses (the icon
- info, the longer Mac name, etc.). DOS files don't have this
- information. To be able to store and transfer Mac files on non-Mac
- machines a special file format called MacBinary is used.
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- To get a Mac file from a DOS machine to a Mac you need to decode the
- MacBinary information. This can be done in the following ways:
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- - Use a null-modem cable and telecomunications software to transfer the
- files. All Macintosh telecomunications software will automatically
- decode the MacBinary information.
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- - Use the MacBinary converters for the Apple File Exchange. These are
- available in most BBS/Online systems. This has the advantage that you
- can read the DOS floppies directly if you have a FDHD (SuperDrive).
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- - If you already have transfered the file to the Mac then you can use
- one of the available MacBinary conversion programs, such as
- "MacBinary".
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- 1991 by Duncan Mcnutt, Rhein-Main Macintosh BBS [049-6101-41471] (2:243/100)
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