Re: Copy Files from IIGS to Mac to PC - Help Please

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

In comp.sys.apple2 mlgstudios <mlgstudios@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I downloaded Transmac last night and installed it on my PC.  Now my PC
> can read and write Mac formatted floppies.  Awesome.  NOW, I just need
> to get the Mac to read IIGS formatted floppies.  Does anyone know why
> a Mac SE with a Superdrive cannot read a ProDOS (version 1.7 or 1.8, I
> think) formatted floppy from an Apple IIGS?  Again, the goal here is
> to get text files off the IIGS to the PC using the Mac as an
> intermediate step.

You can:
 - Find a copy of that file exchange stuff that's part of Mac OS (not
   being a Mac guy, I don't know what's involved here);
 - Get a copy of ADFS for the Mac (http://www.lazilong.com/apple_II/adfs/);
 - Use GS/OS instead of ProDOS 8 and just write HFS floppies from the
   Apple II.

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