Re: Moving files from ProDos to Dos

[olcott <olcott@qwest.net>]

Thank you very much for your considerate helpfulness.
I am a professional computer programmer, yet brand
new to Macs, and Apples. I think that I got the hardware
requirements down pretty well. I am yet nearly clueless
about the software requirements. It seems that all of
the software that I need ultimately depends upon
software that I do not yet have... The missing piece
is (eventually) coming in the mail, Stuffit Expander.

With this I can get software off the net to run on
my Macs. Then I can get stuff from the Macs to the
Apple II's... Its this last step where I have the most
gaps. For example... I need to get a copy of ProTYPE
to run (no one ever says where this is to run, on a Mac
or on the IIGS), to get this to run on the IIGS, I must
already have a copy on the IIGS, otherwise the Mac
turns it into a filetype that will not run.

Tom Zuchowski wrote:

> If I understand you correctly, you are downloading DOS 3.3 files from the
> Internet on a PC and using a Mac to transfer them to ProDOS disks for use on
> a GS?
>
> If the files are DOS 3.3 disk compressions made with ShrinkIt (end in SDK or
> BXY,) then the ProDOS ShrinkIt program can uncompress them to DOS 3.3 disks
> once again, and you will need to download a self-extracting copy of 8-bit
> ShrinkIt (not GS-ShrinkIt) if you don't have one. If they are DSK files,
> then you will need the ProDOS program DSK2FILE to convert the DSK to a real
> floppy disk. In both of these cases, you are dealing with files that are
> whole-disk images of the original DOS 3.3 floppies.
>
> I am not aware of any DOS 3.3 files available on the Internet in any other
> form than the two above.
>
> Just so you know, DOS 3.3 only recognizes 5.25 disk drives. If you want to
> run DOS 3.3 programs, you need such a drive on your Apple II.
>
> Please forgive me if I stated obvious things you already know. I just want
> to be sure you know the important details.
>
> Tom Zuchowski
>
> "olcott" <olcott@qwest.net> wrote in message
> 3A6766DA.BAD156F5@qwest.net">news:3A6766DA.BAD156F5@qwest.net...
> > Is there a version of ProDos that can "see" Dos 3.3 files?
> > I need to move files from the net on a PC through a Mac
> > to an Apple IIGS, and finally get them to Apple Dos 3.3,
> > for use on an Apple IIe, Apple II+ and an Apple II.
> >
> >