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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Use ProDOS disks in a MAC
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.134408.15210@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins)
- Date: 22 Jan 93 13:44:08 -0500
- References: <1993Jan12.182202.3230@synapse.bms.com> <1jb3fnINN3ud@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au>
- Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"
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- In article <1jb3fnINN3ud@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au>, hinchlif@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Peter Hinchliffe) writes:
- > joseph@synapse.bms.com (Seymour Joseph) writes:
- >>Most of us are familiar with GS System 6.0 and is ability to directly
- >>mount diskettes with foriegn file systems directly on the GS desktop.
- >>You just insert a Mac or DOS 3.3 (apple II) disk and the GS recognizes
- >>it and mounts it pretty much like any other disk.
- >
- > The ProDOS File System Extension is truly a clever piece of work: it allows
- > you to manipulate files and folders on ProDOS disks from the System 7 Finder,
- > just as if it was a Macintosh disk. However, it is NOT a File System Translator
- > like the HFS FST in GS/OS. It simply allows an LC user to perform ProDOS Disk
- > and File operations in the Finder without having to dive back into the IIe
- > emulation.
- >
- > Don't try to use it to copy Mac files to a ProDOS disk, though. Most of the
- > files you'll want to copy, such as TrueType fonts, etc, and, indeed, the ProDOS
-
- The other problem I've seen with it is that it doesn't coexist with
- any sort of Dos Mounter/access PC type of program, so you have to make a
- decision what disks you will be accessing.
-
- On another note, what is the best way to download // programs from
- a mac to a Apple //?
-
- Later.......
-
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