Re: Apple File Transfer

[Cyrus Roton <croton@ridgecrest.ca.us>]

On Sat, 22 Jul 1995, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

>  
> I've hit this problem many times, and I think the problem lies in Mac 
> System 7. It always seems to add a 0k resource to whatever file it saves, 
> even text files. Since ProDOS 8 cannot handle forked files, the only way 
> these files can be used in in GS/OS. One cute way of solving the problem 
>--etc--- 

Not entirely true. I download ascii files to the Mac and use Apple File 
Exchange to transfer them to a ProDOS 3.5 disk. The Apple II recognizes 
them as text, no problem.  Where the problem comes in is when the files 
are downloaded as binary. Then, when I transfer them to the ProDOS disk 
(using AFE), they appear as forked files. No problem; just use UNFORKIT 
on the Apple to make them useable to ProDOS 8.  Sometimes, I do have to 
change the file types, but I did not keep a record of the sequence of 
events. So, I am not sure when and why I had to do it. I use the ProDOS 
EXERCISER to do that. I think there other programs for doing it.

Cyrus Roton   croton@ridgecrest.ca.us
Ridgecrest Apple User Group