Re: Mac reading ProDOS disks (was: Re: Apple IIGS, got one f

["Cyrus Roton <croton@ridgecrest.ca.us>" <croton@owens>]

On 27 Mar 1995 GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH wrote:

> In <3l6pgo$134@crcnis3.unl.edu> gberigan@cse.unl.edu writes:
> 
> > tdiaz@coyote.csusm.edu (Tony Diaz) writes:
> > 
> > Every time I try to insert a ProDOS disk in a Mac running Mac System 7.1
> > or later it asks me if I want to reformat it or eject.  How do I go
> > about getting it to read the disks, or do you refer to using Apple File
> > Exchange?  Is it something extra that I need to install, and is it
> > available from ftp.apple.com?
> 
> PC Exchange does the trick. It not only includes translators for MS-DOS disks
> but also for ProDOS volumes. Don;t ask me why Apple treats ProDOS compatibility
> like an Easter Egg!
> 
> BTW, PC Exchnage slows down your system. You might want to disable it after
> reading your ProDOS disks.
> 
> - henrik
> 
> 
Another translator you might consider is MacLink Plus, by DATAVIZ. Be 
aware that once installed on the Mac, MacLink Plus slows down the system 
because it puts translators into some of your applications, making them 
take longer to load. You can remove the translators you do not expect to 
use, and speed things up.

The all-around simplest way to copy text files between Mac and Apple II 
is to use Apple File Exchange on the Mac. It is a simple application 
which has no effect on any other programs in the Mac. It translates PC 
files too.

croton@ridgecrest.ca.us
Cyrus Roton    Ridgecrest Apple User Group