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Re: PC to Mac file transfer-help

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From: Mike Fleming
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <804605893.13427@imp.demon.co.uk>
           Sys_Sol@intersys.demon.co.uk "David Williams" writes:

> The print company I use to print brochures, etc.
> can accept files created using Wordperfect for
> Windows in EPS format.  To transfer these files
> between my computer and their Mac I have been
> copying the files to 1.44Mb floppies which their
> machine can read.  Unfortunately some of my files
> are in excess of 2Mb in size and so do not fit on
> the disks.  I am therefore looking for some ideas
> on how I can possibly compress and/or split these
> files in such a way that I can pass them onto the
> print company in a format that their machine can
> uncompress/reconstruct and read them.

An unzipper compatible with PKZip 2.04g (accept no later versions!)
should be available for the MAC. If you use the -& option on PKZip,
then if the ZIP file is too big for one disc, it will span several
discs.

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From: Mike Fleming <Mike@tauzero.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: PC to Mac file transfer-help
Date: 1995/07/02
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