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Roger B.A. Klorese <rogerk@queernet.org> writes:

	MAC disks, not tar archives written on the Mac.

What's your point?  If I take Macintosh files and put them in tar
format, and transfer them to a Sun, I get bits on my disk that I can't
do anything with.  If I take a Macintosh format disk and transfer the
contents to my Sun, I still get a bunch of bits that I can't use.

How is "Macintosh format" different from "tar format" in terms of using
the bytes on your Sun?  In my case, I have two reasons for going
through the Sun to my Mac.  In one, I have a Mac program on my Sparc.
I tar it onto a floppy.  Then I untar it on my Mac.  Then I launch the
program.  In the other case, I have files on my Mac that I want to
archive on my Sparc (I have lots more disk and a tape drive on the
Sparc).  I tar it onto a floppy, copy the tar file on to the Sparc, and
do the backup.

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Bottom line: if you have SunTar, you can use a floppy as a medium for
exchanging bits between Suns and Macs.

/jordan