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Article #31461Re: Mac_DOS Connectivity
From: Jan Harrington
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1988 09:58
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1988 09:58
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in article <1988Aug18.155534.1725@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, heath@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Todd Heatherton) says: > > or other PD communications packages. Interested persons should look > at September's MacUser, which features a section on connectivity (a > nice, new buzzword!). Does anyone envision the day when you slip your > 3 1/2" diskette into either machine and it will read the information which > is appropriate (i.e. standard formatting). Is such a thing possible? Is > such a thing desirable? You actually can come very close to that today. If you get a DaynaFile with a 3 1/2" PC drive, you can mount PC drives as Mac disks. (The DaynaFile writes a small directory file to the disk). Then you can manipulate the PC files as icons, just like you would Mac files. Though you still need separate drives for PC and Mac formatting, at least the DaynaFile makes it very easy! Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications UUCP: husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop BITNET: JHARRY@BENTLEY ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ll-xn!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop From: sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac_DOS Connectivity Message-ID: <642@stech.UUCP> Date: 22 Aug 88 09:58:56 GMT References: <1988Aug18.155534.1725@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass. Lines: 26