Re: dumb Q # 109...Can a Power Mac read ProDos disks?

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5K3dQhx.rocketusa@delphi.com>,
Rocket Press...a Litmag  <rocketusa@delphi.com> wrote:
>To what extent can I translate my Apple II files on 3.5" disk?
 
>1. Can TXT files be directly read by the Power Mac?

   In mac System 7.5, the Apple File Exchange application has been
replaced by a control panel, "PC Exchange" (? - not totally sure on
the name). That should let you read Apple II disks fine, so reading
in ascii text files should be no problem.

>2. Can IIgs programs, like Arkanoid, run on any of these machines?

   No.

>3.  Can an LC, if I pikk up a IIe emulator card, run IIgs programs?

   No.

>4.  Can TXT files be read by any of these machines without AFX.

   See #1.


>I don't know `why AFX isn't on any of these machines...Maybe they wanted to
>conserve space...

   See #1.
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