Re: Converting from a Mac to a GS

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <4g43sd$jqq@gail.ripco.com>, David Rubin <davidr@ripco.com> wrote:
>I recently rediscovered my seven year old GS and because I don't have a modem
>or software for it, have been accumulating things for it via my Mac.  If I
>want to make a file that is .EXE on the GS, what is its Mac File/Creator
>Codes?  Should my question make no sense, it would be greatly appreciated
>if would be kind enough to let me know that I am being incoherent.  Thanks!

   Apple IIs cannot read Macintosh Disks without the latest System
Software (version 6.0 or 6.0.1). Like macs, Apple IIs don't care about
.XYZ extensions for content information; they have a filetype and
auxtype info field. If you are trying to put the binscii .EXE file on
a Mac disk (800K only, also) and give that to the GS, set the type and
creator to 'TEXT' (or try 'Text' or 'text') and let it work from there.

   If you do not have the latest System Software on the GS, I'd
recommend getting the necessary utilites from a friend on
disk. Someone on comp.sys.apple2 has an offer to send a 5.25" disk for
something like $2 with the needed utilities.

Nathan Mates

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