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- In article <30F9458B.186A@calweb.com>, daver@calweb.com (Dave Regis)
- declares...
- >
- >I've got a fair amount of stuff from my Mac+ days that I'd
- >love to get over to my PC for use with Executor, but what
- >isn't on 800k disks is on 400k. I've got a friend who's got
- >an old Mac SE that I could probably borrow for a while...
- >with that in mind, what's the most straight-forward way of
- >transferring files from a Mac to a PC?
- >
- >He's got something called MacChuck (I think), that connects
- >the Mac to a PC... I'm not sure what sort of connection, but
- >if I recall right, it required special software at both ends.
- >I think he's also got an ancient version of RedRyder (Mac
- >comm. software) that could be used in a pinch. Another
- >possible solution would be to network the Mac... he's got
- >a network setup with a hub and all, but I don't think the
- >Mac is on it ... I don't even know what would be required.
-
- I expect the cable connects a mac an PC via a serial cable. I've got one of
- those. You can just run something like Zterm over the cable--no modems,
- just open the ports. The problem is that this is exceedingly slow.
- Connecting the Mac to the network would be much faster, but only if you can
- mount its drives before starting Executor; otherwise, copying the files to a
- non-HFV volume will lose the resource and finder information.
-
- All this is to say that, if you don't have lots of information, copying your
- disks to 1.44 floppies may be your best bet. Good luck.
-
- Scott Shuchart
- shuchart@fas.harvard.edu
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