It is not possible to write a mac DD disk on a PC -
They are actually 800k and are a format PC floppy
drives cannot read.
FORTUNATELY for you the 140 has the Mac 1.4M HD
floppy drive (or it SHOULD). In this case what you
need is a piece of PC software called TransMac to
write Mac disks on your
, 2002 3:10 AM
Subject: Re: HELP! File transfer trouble...
It is not possible to write a mac DD disk on a PC -
They are actually 800k and are a format PC floppy
drives cannot read.
FORTUNATELY for you the 140 has the Mac 1.4M HD
floppy drive (or it SHOULD). In this case what you
need
.
- Original Message -
From: Donna Hood Pointer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: HELP! File transfer trouble...
The lo-density drive 800k on the Mac cannot read those hi-density disks
written on the PC. If the file will fit
!) and appreciate
your tolerance.
Jan
- Original Message -
From: Donna Hood Pointer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: HELP! File transfer trouble...
The lo-density drive 800k on the Mac cannot read those hi-density disks
written
At 05:45 PM 4/22/2002 -0400, you wrote:
At this point, I see that I have the desired file on my PC; it is a BinHex
file, I think (extension .hqx) that I received in a Winzip file! How does
one ultimately get the file in .hqx form onto the Mac? Thank you all for
your suggestions thus far. I am
If you don't have Stuffit, you'll need to format a Mac disk on your Mac,
then use a program such as HFV Explorer or TransMac or the like to copy it
to the Mac floppy. While copying it will decode the file.
This is, of course, assuming the file will fit on a floppy.
And then you will find out
Here is a link to Alladin's page on problems.
http://www.stuffit.com/expander/notes.html
I see that you can get a version mailed to you on diskette if all else
fails. See the end of the text I am quoting below. Here is some of the text
from that page:
Compuserve and America Online
The Macintosh
Hi all. I have a Windows XP machine and an old Powerbook 145. I have a
file I need to get from the PC to the Mac, but the PC has a 1.44 MB floppy
drive and the Mac has a 720K DSDD drive. Neither drive recognizes disks
formatted on the other. HOW can I get the file from my PC to the Mac?
