Re: [WinMac] Win-Mac Transfer

David G. Story(bigapple[at]age.net)
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 22:37:10 -0500

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> At 08:53 AM 11/23/98 EST, Ajfrisbie@aol.com wrote:
>Is there a freeware product for Windows 95 that would allow access and
>transfer of Mac files from a Mac CD to a Mac zip drive? Thanks. I do not
>have
>
> I don't think there are any freeware programs in this category but I think
> there is some shareware. Be careful of what types of files you're
> transferring. I think that even if you copy files "directly" from the CD to
> the zip disk the resource forks will still be stripped off the files. No
> big deal for .gifs or Word documents, disasterous for programs and other
> files which depend upon their resource forks.

>access to a Mac CD drive and don't really want to buy one just to install
>software and don't really want to pay the equivalent amount for a commercial
>software product. Thanks.

> So what you're trying to do is install Mac software on a Mac which has no
> CD-ROM but does have a Zip drive? I think you may have the resource fork
> problem I mentioned.

Aladdin Systems makes a good product for Windows called Stuffit Expander
2.0 for 95, 98, and NT 4.0

It is included free on their Stuffit 5.0 for Mac CD or you can download it
from their site at http://www.aladdinsys.com

You can send it to your PC pals as a .exe file which opens easily on a PC
and install itself into the Programs folder. Then you can send stuffed
files in any format including uucode, sit, arc, zip, hqx, tar and a whole
bunch of PC formats that I don't recognize, because I don't do PCs.

It works slick and it is easy. I just installed it on my Windows 98 on my Mac.

They also provide a DropStuff 1.0 product free for coming the other way.

David G. Story
President
Big Apple Consulting Associates Inc.
Sault Ste. Marie ON Canada

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