[WinMac] Virtual Floppy
Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:04:04 -0500
Check out the cross-platform "virtual floppy" at
<http://www.iMacFloppy.com>
Cheers!
Dan
At 08:37 PM 11/25/98 EST, you wrote:
>Yes, you can. TransMac is a program that lets you do MacBinary
Translation of
>Mac files off a Mac CD to your PC hard drive. Then you can reverse the
>process and send the files to a Mac floppy or zip. Unfortunately, the
>TransMac demo limits the file size to less than 1.4 MB and the full program
>costs more than a Mac CDROM. It is nice for transferring small files to a
PC.
>I was wondering if there was a program that skipped the middle step (if
>possible) and did not cost as much or at all. Yes, I am poor college student
>trying to still use Mac.
>> AFAIK, there isn't any way to do this. The PC won't
>> recognize the resource forks (no matter which of the methods the
>> mounting software uses) and so you'll end up with useless files on
>> the ZIP.
>>
>> I suggest you spend the money on the CDROM drive for the Mac.
>>
>
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