Re: ZIP formats

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From: Ben Lovejoy
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:00

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>>I need to cart a lot of files from a PowerBook to a Windows laptop. The
>>PowerBook has a ZIP drive, and I'm planning to get a ZIP for the Windows
>>machine - are the Mac and PC formats compatible?

peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote:
>Yes; if you use a PeeCee formatted Zip cart, both the Mac and the Windows
>machine can use it happily.

{$PW$}@pwomar.demon.co.uk (Paul Womar) wrote:
>Not exactly but that's what PC exchange is for.  Use a PC formatted one
>(normal FAT or whatever they call it) and it should be fine.

Thanks, both. I'll nip out and get some PC formatted ones. :-)

Ben

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