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Re: Need to get graphics from Mac/PC to Amiga

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From: Trevor Rankin
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 13:27
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>Macintosh and access to a Pentium 90, both networked, that I do graphics
>work on. I need to find a way to get graphics from either of these to an
>Amiga 2500 w/ Video Toaster that is not networked and, from what I can
>tell, can't read mac or PC formatted disks. Are there any utilities for
>the Mac or the PC that can let them read and write to Amiga formatted
>disks? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,

The PC cannot read Amiga format and I don't believe the Mac can either.  
All three machines, however, can read MSDOS formatted disks.  I'm not 
sure how to do it on the Mac (is it included in the OS?) but with the 
Amiga, you should get CrossDos.  It is a commercial package but is 
included with Workbench 2.1 and greater.  If you are not using Workbench 
2.1, let me tell you that it is definitely worth upgrading (or even to 
3.1).  

I believe there is also a shareware program on Aminet that lets the Amiga 
read/write PC disks.  I think it's called MessyDOS but I'm really not 
familiar with it.  

Of course, there is one minor inconvenience in using PC disks with the 
Amiga; you can only use 720K MSDOS disks if your Amiga doesn't have a 
high density floppy (ie: it is an 880K).

Hope this helps.  If you have any further questions or need help locating 
anything, please ask!
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Subject: Re: Need to get graphics from Mac/PC to Amiga
Date: 8 Mar 1996 13:27:47 GMT
Organization: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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