Re: PC -> Mac file transfer via 800K floppy?

[rmorgan1@uswest.net]

In article <365AC458.2CB4@earthlink.net>, detailboy@earthlink.net wrote:

> I have a Mac Plus 4MB RAM, 800K floppy and System 7.5.5.  I use a Win95
> PC for speed and compatibility to browse the internet and download .HQX
> Mac files.
> 
> Currently I use another Mac (at work) to transfer the files from a 1.4
> MB PC floppy to a Mac 800K floppy.  But I always have to use another Mac
> with a SuperDrive, and I'd like to eliminate this dependent step and go
> directly from PC to the Mac Plus.
> 
> Yes, I already know about e-mailing myself the files and downloading the
> e-mail attachment to my Mac Plus, but that too is an extra time
> consuming step that I'd like to eliminate if possible.
> 
> I know that the Mac Plus' 800K floppy is incompatible with the PCs 720K
> floppy format.  What about the Apple ][ ProDOS format?  I don't know
> much about the Apple ][ or the ProDOS format and have read a little
> about PC emulators for the Apple ][, but most of these emulators are
> only designed to play Apple ][ games on a PC using Apple ][ disk images
> and are not set up primarily for file transfer to a Mac Plus. 
> Unfortunately none of the Apple ][ emulator's documentation goes into
> detail about using the emulator soley for transfering files from a PC to
> a Mac Plus using the ProDOS floppy format on a double-sided floppy.
> 
> Is it possible to transfer files from a PC to a Mac Plus using the Apple
> ][ ProDOS floppy format?  Am I going about this all wrong or is there an
> easier way?  Has anyone else successfully set up a file transfer method
> via floppy from a PC directly to a Mac Plus?  Without buying an Applied
> Engineering external SuperDrive for my Mac Plus, is there a software
> solution/translator to transfer the files I download onto my PC to my
> Mac Plus via the Mac Plus' 800K floppy?

Okay, this is an easy one.  First with 7.5 you got a control panal called
PC Exchange.  This will allow you to read those 800K PC floppies on your
MacPlus.
Used a MacPlus for years to write on and that is how I got the information
across.  
Hope that helps.
Bob