Re: HELP! Apple II files on a Macintosh...

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

 Jeff Thomas replied:

>"Michael J. Mahon" wrote:
>
>> I have a slightly newer OS, version 7.1P2 (for Performa), and it
>> has "built in" Apple II and PC disk compatibility, using PC Exchange
>> and the ProDOS File System extension.  It is not necessary to run
>> any program to copy files between file systems--they just mount
>> on the desktop and drag and drop does its thing.
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
>It's greatly appreciated!

Hope it helps.

>I am running System 7.0.1 on PowerBook 145b with 4Mb of RAM. It seems the
>Apple website (apple.com), doesn't have System 7.1 or 7.1P2 for download.
>Could I install the "built in" compatibly for ProDOS and PC disks as
>'add-on'/'update' or is it integrated part of newer OS?  Which System disk
>has this PC Exchange program?

See Cameron's reply for info on using System 7.5's PC Exchange
control panel.

>> When I copy files from PC disks to ProDOS disks, I usually copy
>> them first to a Mac folder, then to the ProDOS disk, and in the
>> process they frequently pick up a useless resource fork.  On the
>> Apple II I dispose of the resource fork using UNFORKIT--a simple
>> Applesoft + M/L program that does block I/O to the directory.
>
>Would that work with 2MG disk image files?

As long as the files fit on the floppy, it should work fine.

-michael

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