Re: Downloading IIe files using a Mac?

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.)]

On Fri, 06 Dec 1996 21:00:57 -0500, sean hite <seanhite@capecod.net>
wrote:

>Is it possible to log onto the net (I have access w/my Mac) and download
>IIe files using my Mac and then making the files usable to the IIe? Or,
>do I have to log on w/a IIe to be able to get files? If I can use my
>Mac, How do I go about it? HELP!!
>
>I know I can format 800k 3.5 floppies as ProDos w/my Mac. So, if I could
>download w/my Mac, then I should be able to at least copy files onto a
>floppy that the IIe can read, right?

Sure!  Just use PC Exchange, MacLink Plus, DOS Mounter, or whatever
(make sure there's no resource fork in the files), and copy the files
you get from your favorite FTP site (Like "Ground" or "Caltech").
Slap those files onto an 800K ProDOS disk, and there they are.  You
may need to grab ShrinkIt and/or BINSCII from ftp.info.apple.com to
uncompress the files.  Be sure to use the BINARY option while FTPing,
if necessary.
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