Re: bmp

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

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.

It is still not as transparent as a simple HFS Zip disk between a
IIGS and a Mac, but it is close.  In the future, I plan to add an
HFS "FST" type product to my Windows PC and have it access
HFS Zip disks.