Re: Help?: pfs-->AplWks

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <dcarter-2107970744070001@chi-pru.max1-95.anet-chi.com>,
David Carter <dcarter@anet-chi.com> wrote:
[Re reading in pfs:* files off disks]
>I've been led to understand that this is because pfs is
>Pascal-based, while the others are ProDOS-based.  So, can anyone
>advise me on how to read these files so I can copy them to a ProDOS
>disk?

   As noted in the comp.sys.apple2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) at
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html section 5.5 "How do I
transfer DOS 3.3, Pascal, CP/M files?" notes that either the System
6.0.1 Pascal FST addon or the program 'chameleon' can read ProDOS, DOS
3.3, Pascal, and CP/M disks, and copy files around. It's available
at ftp://apple2.archive.umich.edu/apple2/8bit/util/chameleon.bsq

>[This is actually for the ubiquitous "friend", a IIe person who isn't
>online; if I have to d/l a program, will I be able to do it with a Mac?

   Yes, after jumping through some hoops, as the Mac's idiotic
insistence on adding resource forks will cause ProDOS 8 on the //e to
barf. See FAQ section 5.9 for indepth info on this, plus workarounds.

Nathan Mates
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