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MAC -> DOS conversion

Dag Stenberg stenberg at cc.Helsinki.FI
Thu Jan 13 13:15:02 EST 1994


Don Back (BACKD at QUCDN.QueensU.CA) wrote:

> Occasionally, I have been asked to convert MAC files to DOS disk format 
> and vice versa.	I've done it but it wasn't pretty.
> I'd like suggestions and recommendations for software that meets the
> following criteria:

> -runs on a DOS machine
> -formats MAC disks
> -reads and writes DOS to MAC and MAC to DOS
> -commercial package or shareware (interested in shareware to get a feel for 
>  what a package might have to offer).

> Desirable but not essential features:

> -can convert some application specific files to corresponding platform
>  formats.

I suppose that you are not interested in programs that run on a MAC and
do that? We have two different around here, both in Finnish, so I
suppose they were made around here. They function perfectly. So
obviously we do all conversions on MACs. I suppose corresponding
programs are available in the far-away world..

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