Re: GS <==> PC Hookup

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Steve Sanders <robsan19@popalex1.linknet.net> wrote:

>Not really a reply to this question, but another question this one raises.
>
>If I have the MSDOS read only FST on my IIgs, can I download Apple II files
>from the internet via my windoze machine onto its Zip drive, then put that Zip
>disk to my IIgs Zip drive, then copy the files to an Apple formated drive to
>unshrink them?
>
>I've used the modem to modem way before, but thought this way might be
faster??

Quite a bit faster, actually.

MSDOS FST is not enough.  The FST was not designed to read the
FAT table in something as large as a Zip or hard drive.  ;-(

You need MUG!, a shareware NDA that can be found on the ground
ftp server.  When you stick an MS-DOS Zip disk into the Zip drive
on a IIGS, it does not appear in Finder.  However, when you open
the MUG! Desk Accessory, you can access the disk and copy
files to your hard drive at will.  You can also copy files from your
hard disk to the MS-DOS Zip disk.  You can even format the Zip disk
for MS-DOS.  ;-)

Think of it as PC Exchange for the Apple IIGS.