I forwarded that to him. I hate to see effort go wasted, even if he was a TROUBLEMAKER.
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 05:57, Sque wrote: > Justin Zaza wrote: > >SO I TAKE A FILE OFF MY QUADRA, ON A PC FORMATTED > >DISK, AND TRY TO OPEN IT WITH THE EMULATOR, BUT ALAS, > >IT "CANNOT FIND THE PROGRAM THAT CREATED IT." > > > >IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO GET IT TO BE READ? > > > >IF I STUFF IT ON THE QUADRA, THEN PUT IT ON THE PC > >DISK, THEN UNSTUFF IT ON THE EMULATOR, IT THEN IS > >READABLE, BUT I HOPE IT DOESNT HAVE TO COME TO THIS. > > > >MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A WAY TO GET THE FILE TO BE > >READ, WITHOUT HAVING TO FIRST STUFF IT? YOU SEE, I > >ALREADY TRANSFERRED LIKE A THOUSAND FILES WITHOUT > >STUFFING THEM. > > Depends on the file. > You know macs have to parts to each file, one resource and one is data. > Data is easy enough to understand, its the data. ;) > The Resource part or fork is the bit that tells the mac what to do with > the data, wonderful idea in the 80's but a load of crap now. > > So transfering the file straight to a pc means you loose the resource > fork so once it gets to the emulator the virtual mac has no idea what to > do with it - wonderful isn't it? > > Now you have worked out that stuffit type file will transfer as both > data and resource files are compressed into one file. > > If you have ethernet on the quadra and ethernet on the pc hook them both > up to a hub and use Appleshare between the quadra and Basilisk II just > as you would between two macs. > > BII comes with ethernet drives to enable this, add them to your network > card on the pc, the ethernet tab in BII will show something under other > than greyed boxes once its done, from there you have a networked mac in > your pc which you can use to talk to other macs. Not much good without a > nic in both machines so you'd be back to stuffing files in that case. > > Hope that helps, please dont use capitals for your messages, nobody > likes it, it means your yelling and you wont find many answers that way. > > Cheers. OH I SEE THE NANNY HAS BOOTED YOU, COULD YOU BOOT ME PLEASE AS > WELL AS I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS LIST, MISTAKES ARE MADE I NOTICE NO ONE > OFFERED ANY HELP OR ADVICE REGARDING JUSTINS POST WHICH IS ABOUT ALL I > EXPECT FROM THIS BUNCH. As I cant agree and cant unsub please boot me, > thanks for two good years and 2 years of dribble. -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:quadlist@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
