Re: not there yet (FAQ info)

[bjbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)]

In article <5hpu97$mdl$1@nixon.area.com>, mattack@area.com (Matt Ackeret) wrote:

> In article <5h9gef$dh3@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca>,
> Jeffrey Robertson <jeffr@bnr.ca> wrote:
> >In article <Pine.ULT.3.96.970325130620.1709A-100000@occs.cs.oberlin.edu>,
> >Toby Reiter  <treiter@cs.oberlin.edu> wrote:
> >>Here are the steps involved in downloading a file on  a Mac and bringing 
> >>it to an Apple II.
> >>e) Place them on a ProDOS disk
> >This presumes that the Mac's drive can recognize a ProDOS
> >formatted disk.  This is not always the case.  If it
> 
> Umm, if the Mac can read 800K drives, you can recognize prodos disks.  Just
> install PC Exchange.  (I can't remember how far back PC Exchange goes, and
> I can't find it on ftp.apple.com anywhere separately... so I think it's
> much newer than 7.0.x and is only in commercial releases.)

PC Exchange was offered for the first time in System 7.5 if memory serves.

> 
> But yeah, since the GS can read/write HFS, that's usually a WAY easier 
> solution.
> -- 
> mattack@apple.com

--bj
Apple //--///--Macintosh user/supporter/collector