Re: download on IBM and transfer to apple11gs can it be done and how THANKS

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <32F0D6EE.6742@concentric.net>,
Convention 96  <Lcham@concentric.net> wrote:
>Ok I have a question.  I am considering buying the zip drive with the
>adapter for the IIgs.  I am planning on using it also on my Beamer which
>is connected to WWW et al.  Can I download into the prodos formatted
>disk all the crap I can get off the internet ?  WIll it read it and/or
>what else will I need.  SO far none of the downloaded files are readable
>on my beamer soooooooooo.........

   No commonly availably IBM PC tools exist to allow r/w access to
ProDOS formatted Zip Disks from the PC side to my knowledge. However,
as noted in the comp.sys.apple2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) at
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html section 5.8, Peter
Watson's MS-DOS Tools package for the GS lets you read PC formatted
Zip Disks from the GS side.

   To get the first few programs over to the GS, such as MS-DOS tools,
you'd probably have to go to null modem, though.

Nathan Mates

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