Re: Apple II to Mac problem

[schefflr@news.msus.edu (Bill Scheffler)]

Dan Yertzell (Dan-Yertzell@worldnet.att.net) wrote:
: Charles Richmond <richmond@plano.net> wrote in article
: <33EE8B23.73D6@plano.net>...
: > I have a *non* Power Mac (Performa 638CD) running Mac OS 7.5. It
: > *claims*
: > to have the ability to read PRODOS 3.5" floppy disks. It you can get a
: > 3.5" floppy drive connected to your Apple ][, you might be able to use
: > this to accomplish your file transfers. I have *never* tried this
: > myself,
: > but you should be able to make it work.

: I'm about to have this very problem (getting a Mac soon).  Anyone here know
: whether a Mac SE/30 with an 800k floppy and system 7.5 can read ProDOS 800k
: disks?  If so, then I could download stuff on this PC, move it to the GS
: via PC Transporter, then move it to the Mac via a ProDOS disk!  Possible?

	I'm not sure if the SE/30 would have PC Exchange on it (comes with
System 7.5 and later...).  However, just format a HFS floppy on the GS and
that should work just fine (move your data over on an HFS floppy instead
of ProDOS).  If you have PC Exchange on the SE/30, then yes, it should
work just fine.
	Oh, if your SE/30 has a SuperDrive, then you can just move the PC
floppy directly over to the Mac and mount the floppy there (again, with PC
Exchange).  I do this stuff all the time with 2 Apple IIgs computers, a
Macintosh SE with SuperDrive and a Power Macintosh 9600/233.  As of this
writing, I've setup an AppleTalk network (The old Mac SE is the File
Server! : ) ) between all the machines except the 9600, so I've simplified
matters even more. :)

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