Re: Apple File Exchange problems

[uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd)]

In <635qXB6w166w@hogbbs.scol.pa.us> lone@hogbbs.scol.pa.us (John Hale) writes:

>cb408@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Reames) writes:

>> 
>> 'm STILL having problems converting AW files to Microsoft Works.
>> My school lab has LC2's.  I've installed Apple File Exchange on the
>> hard drive of the LC.  I've formatted a new disk on the GS and then dragged
>> the AW files from the 5.25" floppy to the 3.5" disk, formatted with
>> GS/OS from System 6.0.  

[more stuff about the problem]

>Try a PRODOS disk, as in Mac-to-prodos conversion. That'll (as they say) 
>"probly" do it. GS/OS is just that, GS/OS.      -LW

Uh, no, guy.  GS/OS is an operating system which uses disks formatted
under a number of file systems, the most common of which is the ProDOS
file system.  There is no such thing as a GS/OS disk.

- Eric S.

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