Re: prodos text conversion

[processoroverclocked@33mhz.cjb.net (Jon Bettencourt)]

In article <nobody-DF7704.22114610102000@news.wavetech.net>, Greg Buchner
<nobody@wavetech.net> wrote:

> First there was an app called Apple File Exchange.  It had the 
> capability to convert files on the fly.
> 
> Second came PC Exchange, it would just read ProDOS and MS-DOS
> disks.  This was included with the MacOS on later version up to
> MacOS 8.1.
> 
> With 8.5 on up (I think) it became File Exchange.  It still reads
> ProDOS disks (and the text files) no problem, but it does have a
> problem writing to ProDOS disks and not adding a resource fork.
                                      ^^^
Are you sure about that "not?" I thought MacOS 8.5 was the one that added
a resource fork when it wasn't needed?

> It would mostly be a matter of Kinko's have the File Exchange
> control panel installed.  Also, most Kinko's these days only
> seem to have the colored Macs which don't come with a floppy and
> the only floppies I've run across for them won't read 800K disks.
> They're basically just standard PC floppies put into an interface
> for the Mac.
> 
> Greg B.

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