Re: GS <==> PC Hookup

[Steve Sanders <robsan19@popalex1.linknet.net>]

Thanks for the info, will have to find MUG and give it a whirl.

Steve

Supertimer wrote:

> 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.