Re: help with file conversion

[barryn@speedway.net (Barry Nathan)]

In article <2lq4l1$sa0@crl.crl.com>, mpearce@crl.com (Matthew Pearce) writes:

>:>Pete, I need to get a 5.25 inch APPLE 2 disk read onto a
>>3.5 inch disk for a MAC. The APPLE 2 has files in a wordprocessor
>>called Multiscribe.
>>The idea would be to get the MultiScribe files over to a MAC format disk
>>in ascii so the it could be read by MAC WRITE 2 software.
> 
>I am unfamiliar with Multiscribe other than it is a DOS 3.3 based program.

WRONG! It's a ProDOS program. The name of the load file is MS.SYSTEM. I
don't have it, but my school does. Also, they run it off a 40MB hard drive
on one of the IIgs's.

>Can Multiscribe save text files?  

Yes, it can.

>If so, you can use a GS running system 6.0+ to convert the files.  Make
>sure that the DOS and HFS FSTs (file system translator) are installed. 
	       ^^^
>Then drag the file icon from the 5.25 disk to the HFS formatted disk. 

No need to have this one installed. It won't interfere, but it's only for
DOS 3.3 disks. MultiScribe stores onto ProDOS disks.
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