Re: picture viewer

[Steve Sanders <robsan19@bellsouth.net>]

Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
> 
> Tania Lugomer-Pomper wrote:
> 
> > I am a PC user.
> 
>         I hope you are at least running Linux or BSD. ;-)
> 
> > I have some disks with pictures made in Apple Quick ?
> 
>         I've never heard of this program. It doesn't mean it doesn't exist for
> the Apple//. If you are referrng to Quicktime you should really be
> talking with Mac people not Apple// folks.

Not necessarily, I am a PC/Apple II user, and have tried various ways to
transfer Apple files between these two platforms. I discovered a program
for the PC called Conversions Plus Suite from Dataviz,
http://www.dataviz.com/products/conversionsplus/index.html. It contains
translators for many different programs, and it will format and read Mac
disks!
> 
>         With all the bases covered I'll try to give a general answer.
> 
> > Is there a way that I could transform these files so I can see them on a PC?
> > I would really appreciate any help at all.
> 
>         You have two issues. Conversion and transition.
> 
>         What you need is a program to do the conversion. This can be done by most
> semi-new graphics programs rather than doing it on the PC. The PC
> programs may be ignorant or the original file format. I would suggest
> using the original computer to do the translation. Normally there are
> three file formats to consider. GIF, JPEG (JPG), or the new one PNG.
> 
>         Next you have to get the picture from one machine to another. If you are
> using Linux or BSD, they can directly read the 1.44 Mb floppies if they
> are formated as Mac disks. I gather people are working on the ProDOS
> translation. If you are using Windoze (you'd have my condolences), you
> need to use a 1.44 Mb PC formatted disk since the operating system is so
> limited when it comes to compatability. Be aware this may mangle the
> file name. If all you have is the 800K (768K) floppies then you are out
> of luck for the direct method. A couple of indirect methods would be to
> upload the picture to the net with the first machine and download it
> with the PC. Another method would be to connect the two machines to a
> LAN and do it that way. The last method would be to connect the two
> machines via null-modem cable and use terminal software to make the
> transfer.
> 
>         Hopefully this was generic enough to be useful to everybody.
> 
> > -tania
> >

What I use to transfer files between the two computers is a Zip disk. My
Apple IIgs has a SCSI card and SCSI zip drive. Since the IIgs can read
HFS drives, I just format the disk on the PC using Conversions Plus, put
my Apple files on it, and walk over to the IIgs and pop the Zip disk
into the Zip drive.

If these Apple Quick pictures are on an HFS formatted disk, Conversions
Plus would be able to see the file, I don't know if it would allow
viewing of the picture, however. Do you have any Photo programs?
Possibly one of them would be able to display the pictures.

Steve Sanders