Re: bmp

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Supertimer (supertimer@aol.com) wrote:
: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

: >Supertimer writes ...
: >> 
: >> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
: >> 
: >> >      Usually, you transfer the file from PC or Mac to the GS via a NULL
: >> >modem connection. This gets around any need to mess with diskette
: >> >formats.
: >> 
: >> Personally, I prefer using the Zip disk as a transfer device.
: >> 
: >> These things are GREAT!  Much faster than null modem or
: >> floppy.
: >> 
: >> I mean, since I've got a Zip drive, why not make more use of
: >> it, right.  ;-)
: >
: >     Alas, we have just one Zip drive. Moving it from its usual home
: >(the IIgs) to the PC and back is a lot more bother than doing a 56k NULL
: >modem transfer. 
: >
: >     Besides, I did not know that you can move files from PC to GS on
: >Zip disk! How is this done?

: Using the MUG! Desk Accessory.  You can use it to read your
: Windows PC formatted Zip disks, VFAT and all.  ;-)

: Just pop the disk into the PC, copy files using Windows 95
: or DOS from the PC hard drive onto the Zip disk, take the
: Zip disk to the IIGS, now from WITHIN AN APPLICATION
: OTHER THAN FINDER (because Finder will try to format
: the PC Zip disk) open the Zip disk with the MUG! desk
: accessory and copy the files to a ProDOS of HFS volume.
: That's all it takes.

There is an MS-DOS FST in GS/OS 6.0.1.  Won't it at least recognize the
disk as a PC ZIP disk (even though it may be Win95 formatted) so that you
can then work the magic with MUG! without having to worry about GS/OS
trying to reformat the disk?  The MS-DOS FST is read-only so you still
need MUG!...

(I have the MS-DOS FST installed, but I have yet to try an MS-DOS ZIP disk
on my system...and the Zip drive is the only thing I have that can handle
MS-DOS volumes.  Well, I have a SuperDrive, but I don't have a controller
for it...)

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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