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Garry Hemming? We have reason to believe that on or around Thu, 09 Nov
95 you did type the following:

>     What are the best ways to transfer files on an Amiga CD rom read
> on a PC to my Amiga A1200?

Null modem cable, without question. It's quite slow, but pretty reliable
and relatively hassle-free. You can get TwinExpress or one of those lads,
or take the "use what you have" approach and use a Terminal prog each end
with auto-zmodem.

>     I can copy the files to a 720k floppy and then unarc them on my
> Amiga ok but problems start if the file won't fit in 720k. I think I
> need some software capable of splitting files on a PC and matching
> software to reassemble it on my Amiga. Does any thing similar to this
> exist? If not is there any way the same end result can be achieved?

LhA can split archives across multiple volumes on both machines, but it'll
probably be a pain persuading them to work together.

>     BTW does anyone know if Win95 will handle Amiga long file names
> using the above method?

It might do, but CrossDOS won't.

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