Re: PC to Mac file transfer-help

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From: Pi
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 00:00

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>  In article <804605893.13427@imp.demon.co.uk>, Sys_Sol@intersys.demon.co.uk
>  wrote:

>  > 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.

Zip is common to both platforms. And that compresses usually to 50%. So you
could get 2.8Mb on a floppy

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From: pi@macabre.demon.co.uk (Pi)
Subject: Re: PC to Mac file transfer-help
Date: 1995/07/18
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