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1. CONVERT DRIVE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS UPDATE
2. CONVERT DRIVE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS SOFTWARE
3. CONVERT DRIVE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS PC
4. CONVERT DRIVE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS PROFESSIONAL

With the appropriate software, such as HDT ToolKit by FWB Software, Macs can read

CONVERT DRIVE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS SOFTWARE

PCs can read removable Syquest, ZIP, orīernoulli cartridges formatted for the Mac with special software such as Executor by Ardi or Mac-In-DOS by Pacific Micro. The files can be read and processed directly from the PCĭiskette or copied over to the Mac’s hard disk for faster

CONVERT DRIVE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS PC

The PC Exchange Control Panel software installed can read PC diskettesĭirectly. Macs equipped with the “superdrive” for reading high-density diskettes and CompuServe has a proprietary transfer protocol,ĬompuServe B+, which is selected by default by almost all CompuServe-specific software. Some Mac communication softwareĪutomatically selects a MacBinary or Binary transfer protocolĭepending on whether a Mac or a PC (or text) file is to be It is advisable, although not necessary, that the MacBinary Kermit or XModem (listed in decreasing order of efficiency) must be PC files can be transferred to the Macintosh via modem, diskette,įor modem transfer, a transfer protocol such as ZModem, YModem, Specific application or as an application. In which case the Mac can no longer recognize the file as a Mac document created by a If theįile is copied back to the Mac, the resource fork is generally not transferred, Is either lost or copied over as an invisible second file. If a Mac file is copied toĪ PC via a network or a Mac-disk-reading utility, the resource fork

Unlike documents,Īpplications written for one platform do not work and cannot beĮasily converted to work on the other platform. Load when you double click on the icon of the document.Īpplications have relatively large resource forks. They also cause the corresponding application to To show the file with the icon corresponding to that These identifiers establish a link between the document and theĪpplication, which allows the resources in the corresponding application (if installed) One identifies the file type and the other theĬreating application. Mac files have two special four-letter codes in a special location

Documents (but not applications) may have a zero-length resource fork. “resource fork” contains special instructions for the creatorĪpplication or the computer’s operating system. Each Macįile (except “text only” files) has a “data fork” and a “resource fork.” Most of the bytes in word processed or otherĭocuments can be found in the “data fork” of the file. Mac files have a more complex, “double-fork” or “Mac-binary”, structure. Only” document and can usually be opened in a word processor,Īlthough what appears on the screen may be gibberish. Mac, all PC documents, and even applications, look like a “text The document was created, but will show a generic icon or the icon of theĪpplication used for transferring the file. In general, it will not recognize the program in which Will recognize its filename, creation date, and size withoutĭifficulty.

PCs or Macs without losing any of their characteristics. PC files have a simple (“binary”) structure and can be stored on either In order to successfully transfer and convert electronic filesīetween the Macintosh and DOS/Windows, some understanding of theĭifference between the Mac and PC file structures is necessary. Transfer and conversion simpler and easier in the past few years,Īnd technological progress in the near future is expected to Platform to another and to convert them between the different Since ourĬustomers are increasingly requesting translations in electronicįorm, the need arises to transfer word-processed files from one PC compatible (80%) or Macintosh (20%) computers.

CONVERT DRIVE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS PROFESSIONAL

File transfer via on-line services and the InternetĪlmost all professional translators currently work with either IBM.

CONVERT DRIVE FOR MAC AND WINDOWS UPDATE

This article is an update of a file originally posted in FLEFO (CompuServe) Library 11. Gabe Bokor can be reached at the Editor/WebmasterĪ Translator's Guide to Organic Chemical NomenclatureĮlectronic File Transfer & Conversion by Gabe Bokor