Re: Transfering files to an Apple II GS without Mac or serial link

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"Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com> a �crit
news:Vf659.2170$Sy4.8594@news-server.bigpond.net.au: 

> You do know there is software available to allow you read and write
> MS-DOS disks directly on a GS, don't you?
> 
> Although originally written for floppy disks, most removable hard
> drives are supported as well, such as Zip and SyQuest drives.
> 
> The most recent version is called MUG! (MSDOS Utilities Graphical
> !nterface) which is written as an NDA so that it always available. The
> original MSDOS Utilities were a set of text-based MSDOS-like utilities
> written to run under IIgs command shells such as the ORCA shell,
> ProSel, GNO/ME, or at a pinch, the minimal command shell that is
> included. 
> 
> Both of these are available from just about any IIGS software site
> that I am aware of. At a pinch, you can get them from me.
> 
> For shareware, the software works, and works well.
> --
> Peter Watson
> -- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
> -- Impossible!  ;-)
> 

Are you sure ?? I allways heard that there is a hardware problem to 
read/write MSDOS disks on 800k floppies...

That said, even if I'm right this could work pretty well on SCSI media ...