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Amiga Novice!!

    22-May-95 11:14:28
Sb: #197516-Amiga Novice!!
Fm: Ron Legro 75136,2066
To: Chris Geddes 100522,11
CrossMac or MaxDOS (both commercial programs under $100) for the Amiga will read/write between Mac and Amiga formats and have options to handle data/resource forks and such like. A free demo of CrossMac (should be on line here) works but is crippled in one direction (only reads from Mac, I believe). Someone else here mentioned the Mac<===>MS-DOS<===>Amiga alternative, which works well as long as you understand the Mac's twin-fork issues. You can also try Shapeshifter, a software Mac emulator for the Amiga (crippled demo version) or a couple of commercial Mac emulators: Emplant and AMAX, each of which seamlessly handle cross-format disk copying upon the Amiga platform. Yet another option, if your two machines are close by, is to run a null modem cable between them using terminal software on each machine. That bypasses the disk issue altogether. — from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, via Amiga AUTOPILOT v1.78 [the only way to fly cyberspace]