Re: IIe to Mac Transfer Question

[Raffi Sanasarian <raffis@aol.com>]

Nathan Mates wrote:
> 
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>    DOS 3.3 has no such thing as subdirectories. Anything that says
> there are some subdirectories on a Dos 3.3 disk has its bits in the
> wrong order. Perhaps you mean something else; your phrasing isn't
> very good, but I can't tell.
> 
> >Q. How can I transfer the files in these directories so I can read them
> >on a Mac?
> 
>    First explain what program is saying which files are directories on
> a Dos 3.3 disk, and why it isn't in the trash on your mac. If I and
> others are reading your sentences correctly, the question shouldn't
> ever come up.
> 
> Nathan Mates
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Mr. Mates:

Thank you for your kind reply to my request for help. I was corrected by 
several other users as to the existence of sub-directories on an DOS 3.3 
disk. That fact, I guess, is at the heart of my question.

As I mentioned in my origional message, I was using the System Utilities 
Disk that comes with the Apple IIe to transfer the files. It isn't "in 
the trash on my Mac" because it is not a Mac program.

The reason, I am assuming, that the copy program thought that the disk 
had a sub-directory on it was that the file names all started with a \ 
(\DISNEY COMICS, for example).

I am assuming that I should just rename the files, without the  \ and 
then transfer them to the 3.5" ProDos formatted disk. Then mount the 
disk on a Macintosh and attempt to translate the data.

As to my phrasing, you will have to excuse me. I thought my origional 
article was clear (from my perspective). I can see how it was confusing 
to someone who knew more about DOS 3.3 than I. But that is why I posted 
the question to begin with. Hopefully someone with more experience in 
the DOS 3.3 'world' could give my a hand.

Thank you, again, for your reply.

Sincerely,

Raffi Sanasarian
Multimedia/Technical Manager
Finley-Holiday Film Corp.