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Converting Old Mac Files
Name: Tony Date: October 29, 2001 at 07:53:07 Pacific
Comment:
Does anyone know how I can get text files from an old apple mac II onto a PC? the mac is not on the net!
Name: the pickle Date: November 14, 2001 at 17:55:43 Pacific
Reply:
Is it an Apple ][ or a Mac II? If it's a Mac II, you can get a program like TransMac that will let you read and write Mac floppies so you can at least copy the data to your PC. Likely problem: your PC can't read Mac-formatted 800K disks no matter what, unless you get a floppy drive specifically for this purpose. They're rare and long-discontinued, so don't hold out too much hope for this option.
The best solution would be to get a newer Mac that can read and write 1.4MB floppies and move the data to that Mac, from which you can move it to the PC with ease.
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