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

[Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net>]

"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!

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?

> 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?

Thanks...