Re: help with file conversion

[guertinp@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Paul Guertin)]

In article <2lq4l1$sa0@crl.crl.com> mpearce@crl.com (Matthew Pearce) writes:
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>:>Pete, I need to get a 5.25 inch APPLE 2 disk read onto a
>>3.5 inch disk for a MAC. The APPLE 2 has files in a wordprocessor
>>called Multiscribe.
> 
>I am unfamiliar with Multiscribe other than it is a DOS 3.3 based program.

No, MultiScribe is ProDOS-based (ProDOS 8, of course). I have v2.00A
running right now on my //c.

Version 2.00A has the ability to save a file as ASCII text (File Menu,
select "Save As...", click "ASCII text" at bottom of box (or use
arrows on keyboard to get to the buttons if you don't have a mouse, and
space to select).

>Can Multiscribe save text files?  If so, you can use a GS running system
>6.0+ to convert the files.  Make sure that the DOS and HFS FSTs (file
>system translator) are installed.  Then drag the file icon from the
>5.25 disk to the HFS formatted disk.

If you don't have a GS, you can connect the Apple II to the Mac using a
null-modem cable and transfer the file with a comm program. Use a standard
ASCII transfer (aka text capture) and tell the Mac to ignore the eighth
bit (aka high bit) of the incoming data.
 
Paul Guertin
guertinp@iro.umontreal.ca