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

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Convention 96 <Lcham@concentric.net> wrote:
>Tom Zuchowski wrote:
>> 
>> By FAR, the easiest way for you to do that would be to buy a used external
>> modem for the GS and download directly to the GS.
>>
>> HardVA <hardva@aol.com> wrote in article
>> <19970116183801.NAA01298@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>> > I have a apple11gs with 2  3.5drives and 1 5.5drive with color monitor.I
>> > would like to download on my pc nd transfer to my apple any help??THANKS
>> >
>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.........
>
>thanks
>Leah Chamblee<<<<<<gs newbie still playing with 1 meg ram

The PC won't access ProDOS volumes, but the GS can access MS-DOS formatted
Zip disks.  What you have to do is first install Peter Watson's MS-DOS
Utilities on the GS side.  From then on, you can download internet stuff
on the PC onto regular MS-DOS formatted Zip disks and then read the files
on the GS with Peter Watson's MS-DOS utilities (files can also go from the
GS to the PC in this way).

You'll need the SCSI version of the Zip Drive and SCSI adapters for both
the GS and the PC.

The MS-DOS utilities will even read and write Win 95's FAT32 filesystem.

-Scott G.