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Re: Transferring files from PC to Amiga

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From: Rick Baumhauer
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:00
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Adam Jones wrote in message <19990408.74A2EA0.13B34@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>...
>In a futile gesture against entropy, Rick Baumhauer wrote:
>> Or, for $30, you can download Amiga Forever 2.0 from
http://www.cloanto.com
>> which, when combined with a null-modem cable, will let you network your
>> Amiga and PC and copy files from the PC to the Amiga.  If you have a hard
>> drive on the Amiga it works better, but you can also use a floppy-only
setup
>> if necessary.
>
>If you've got a null-modem cable (and assuming you managed to post here
>using your miggy) then you might as well just run TCP/IP or TwinExpress
>over it for free, I'd've thought...


I have TwinExpress, but AmigaExplorer is much easier to use, and gets around
the 8.3 filename restrictions that I had to deal with under TE.  Also, I was
posting from the PC, not the miggy.

Rick
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From: "Rick Baumhauer" <sennafan@mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: Transferring files from PC to Amiga
Date: 1999/04/11
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