Re: MAC zip disk transfer

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From: Tim Clague
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 00:00

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This worked - and how.
Saved me so much time it's unbelievable. Its a bit slow but who cares. I got
on with something else.

Thanks again

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In article <19991221.8B14128.1492D@nospam.demon.co.uk>,
SSS-900-C@nospam.demon.co.uk (A.P. Suggitt) wrote:


> Tim Clague (tim@projector.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a way to get files from an Amiga Zip disk into a Mac?
>> I need to transfer some files - they have long (ie not suitable for PC
>> CrossDos) filenames.
>
> I have not transfered to a mac, and I now use Crossdos 7
> (Commercial) to transfer to a PC as it has long filename
> support.
>
> However, before I got 7 I just used the Zip archiver to
> pack the files with long filenames into a .zip file with
> a short file name such as "files001.zip" etc. and then
> unpacked with winzip on the PC. Maybe this will work for
> you.
>
>> The software could be at either the Amiga or Mac end.
>>
>
> Amiga archivers are in Aminet util/arc and util/pack.
>
>
>
> peter
> --
>   (.)(.)  Peter Suggitt <peter@apsayton.demon.co.uk> |  Suggitt's Ices
>     ^^      Warped A4000 -- "Multimedia by design"   |   Great  Ayton
>    +__+                                              | North  Yorkshire
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