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Re: NeXT(DOS) -> Mac translation

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From: krause
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 08:48
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In article <sulkanen.720370176@xanth> sulkanen@xanth.msfc.nasa.gov (Martin  
Sulkanen - NRC/ES65) writes:
> Hello NeXT'ers:
> 
> I now have a NeXT at work, replacing my own Mac IIsi, and I've
> run into a bit of a problem translating files from the NeXT to
> the Mac. Here's what I do: I create a DOS disk on the NeXT, copy
> some normal text files over to it, and then translate them to
> the Mac using the Apple File Exchange on the Mac. I end up with
> text all right, but it completely screws up the end of lines, and
> inserts "box" characters ([]). This is the result for any of the
> DOS to Mac settings in Apple File Exchange. Does anybody know what
> is going on and how to fix it? Thanks ahead of time.
> 

There is an excellent program called Rosetta.app, which will do the
Unix->Mac,Dos->Mac conversion you need. You can find it on almost
every NeXT-related ftp-server.

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Martin Krause               Technische Universitaet Berlin
                            Fachbereich Mathematik
		            Funktionalanalysis/Numerische Mathematik

E-mail : krause@math.tu-berlin.de
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