Re: PC to Mac IIcx to IIgs???

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Jason Whorton <jason@microxl.com> wrote:
: Hello.  Can files be downloaded on a PC and put on a 1.44 floppy disk, then
: read from the Mac IIcx and put into a file format that the IIgs or IIe can
: use?  I bought a IIcx yesterday and read that it can read MS-DOS files.
: Also, I have seen Mac to IIgs transfers being mentioned here, but as I never
: had a Mac, I always skipped them.  I don't know if a IIcx is modern enough
: for whatever it has to have to be able to transfer files.  If anyone has any
: info on this (Supetimer, Rubywand, your name here) then please post it or
: e-mail me.  I would appreciate it.  It would give me a reason to dust off
: the IIgs and/or IIe and use it/them again.

A IIcx has a superdrive, so all it takes is PC Exchange to access DOS disks.
That comes bundled with OS 7.5. I recommend using OS 7.5.5, the last version
that a IIcx can run. You may not be used to the idea if you use wintel stuff,
but Apple's stuff has a useful lifespan far longer than that of that brand X 
stuff. You can also network the IIcx with a IIgs with practically no effort.
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