Re: Zip Drive Question

[marvinmiller@hotmail.com (Marvin Miller)]

Hmmmmm..... The reason I ask is that I am still trying to come up with
the ideal way of transferring progs from;

 IBM (Internet) ------> Apple //GS

Perhaps a CD Burner is the easiest and best way to archive and
transfer. The Zip drive seems a little difficult. 

Thanks for the Input!

Marvin Miller

On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 13:46:12 -0600, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>Marvin Miller writes ...
>> 
>> Hi;
>> 
>> Will a //GS read a Zip disk formatted MS-Dos?
>> 
> ....
>
>     Yes. With System 6.0.1 (including the MS-DOS FST) installed, you can use
>Peter Watson's MUG! New Desk Accessory (NDA) to Read from and Write to MS_DOS
>Zip disks.
>
>     Since the System Finder seems to usually refuse to mount the MS-DOS Zip
>disk, there is a bit of of trick involved. What you need to do is start a
>IIgs application which allows access to NDA's-- i.e. lets you click the Apple
>Menu symbol on the menu bar-- and allows inserting your MS-DOS Zip disk.
>(Many applics leave the System disk niceness watchdog in place and will not
>permit inserting the disk.)  Two applications that work are PMPunZIP and
>Platinum Paint. 
>
>     So, first, you mount MUG!. In most System 6.0.1 setups, you can
>double-click on it from the Finder. (Or you can move it to your
>System/Desk.Accs/ folder and boot System.)
>
>     With MUG! ready to be accessed from the Apple Menu, start PMPunZIP or
>Platinum Paint or whatever other applic you've discovered that works. (If you
>pick Platinum Paint, be sure to switch to 640 mode before activating the
>NDA-- makes it much easier to view.).  I like PMPunZIP because it is a small
>applic which loads quickly.
>
>     Once in, say, PMPunZIP, you can insert your MS-DOS Zip disk, open the
>Apple Menu and start MUG!. To Copy stuff from the Zip Disk, set "To GS/OS"
>under the Copy button. To Copy stuff to the Zip Disk, set "To MSDOS".
>
>     Files you copy from the Zip disk (e.g. to a IIgs disk or RAM Disk) seem
>to always arrive as binary files. To use, say, a Text file, you will want to
>change its file type to TXT (hex type $04) via a type changer util such as
>the File Manager NDA. (PMPunZIP can also do filetype changes.)
>
>
>
>
>Rubywand