Re: PC to Mac IIcx to IIgs???

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

"Jason Whorton" <jason@microxl.com> wrote:

>Hello.  Can files be downloaded on a PC and put on a 1.44 floppy disk, then
>read from the Mac IIcx and put into a file format that the IIgs or IIe can
>use?  I bought a IIcx yesterday and read that it can read MS-DOS files.
>Also, I have seen Mac to IIgs transfers being mentioned here, but as I never
>had a Mac, I always skipped them.  I don't know if a IIcx is modern enough
>for whatever it has to have to be able to transfer files.  If anyone has any
>info on this (Supetimer, Rubywand, your name here) then please post it or
>e-mail me.  I would appreciate it.  It would give me a reason to dust off
>the IIgs and/or IIe and use it/them again.

Ok, find a box of double sided, double density disks.  These are the
ones that are 720k for the Windows/DOS PC and 800k for the IIGS
and Mac.

Now get System 6.0.1 with HFS FST installed up and running on the
IIGS.  Now format the DS/DD disks as HFS disks.

Now take the PC files to the Mac.  The Mac can read the PC disks
and copy files over to its hard drive.

Now plug in the IIGS formatted HFS disks.  HFS is the Mac's file
system, so it has no trouble reading these disks.  Copy the PC files
from the Mac's hard drive to the HFS disk.

Bring the HFS disk back to the IIGS.  Use GS Finder to copy the files
the the IIGS' hard drive.

Run your programs!

(If you need System 6.0.1 or a hard drive or both for the IIGS,
http://www.allelec.com/ sells the Focus hard drive card for
$59 preinstalled with System 6.0.1.)