Re: question on Standards for files

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CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney) wrote:

>If I had the proper software I could also just take the MS-DOS floppy
>to my IIgs and read the files off and if I ever get around to
>registering MUG!, then I could even write files to the Jaz or EZ135
>drive from Windows 95 or BeOS in MS-DOS format and copy them to the
>IIgs using MUG!.

I just want to clarify this for csa2 readers:

MUG! _has_ the ability to read and write Jazz, EZ135, or Zip
disks in MS-DOS format.  It _has_ this ability even as an
unregistered version.  So by all means, _download_ and do
_TRY_ it.  If you find it useful, please _DO_ register.  Doing
so will get you a new and improved version.

>There are probably other methods but this message is getting too long
>as it is.  :-)

I'll add one more: PC Transporter and 720k MS-DOS disks
(or 1.44MB MS-DOS disks if PC Transporter is used in the
same system as a SuperDrive controller and SuperDrive or
BlueDisk controller and PC 1.44Mb 3.5 drive or SCSI card
and floptical drive or MicroDrive card and IDE SuperDisk).

>>On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 23:03:32 GMT, god23@heaven.org (Bart) wrote:
>
>>Only way I have found that is easy for transfer is ADT with dsk files.  As 
>>most stuff is actually 140k or less in size, it seems to me that would be an 
>>excellent choice as an archive format.
>
>Why change standards after almost two decades?  There is nothing wrong
>with the current standards so we might as well stick with it.
>Besides, this would be extremely wasteful and inefficient.

Absolutely.  There's no compression!  And one only has to
look at the HyperCard folder on ground to see how large
Apple IIGS files can get (some archives >1MB).