Gheez, Ward ... I got two numbers out of three right. You never heard of rounding off. ;)
I wonder where 9440 came from. Of course, I should have also mentioned that she could use "sit" instead of "zip" to package the files. The Windoze version of the sit unpacking program (Stuffit expander) is also free and available at the Aladdin web site. It's actually better than the Zip approach because, if for no other reason, it's free and doesn't keep hounding you to send money. Compression and reliability comparable so far as I can tell. Bill Holt ---------- >From: Ward Oldham <woldham at insightbb.com> >To: MUG <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >Subject: Re: MacGroup: winodws/mac document transfer >Date: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 1:22 AM > > Maybe that's the ISO 9660 format. > > Ward Oldham > > On 1/25/03 10:05 PM, "Bill Holt" <billholt at iglou.com> wrote: > >> Ann, >> >> If you take the CD approach, be sure to use the 9440 format. Both Macs and >> Windoze units can read that. >> >> Also, if you are transferring more than a few files, you may want to zip >> them into a single package before burning them onto the CD. Reason: >> Windows units identify files from a CD as "locked" and you'll have to unlock >> them one at a time. If you're working from a zip file, there's no such >> problem. >> >> Bill Holt >> >> ---------- >>> From: Ann Richmond <richmond at qx.net> >>> To: MacGroup <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> Subject: MacGroup: winodws/mac document transfer >>> Date: Sat, Jan 25, 2003, 1:40 PM >>> >> >>> Another thought about getting my husband's documents into >>> the PC. >>> >>> (floppy didn't work.) >>> >>> I could send the files to the IMac via the network. Then I >>> could burn a data cd. (Daughter burns music cds all the time >>> using iTunes but I guess there is the ability to do data >>> ones there somewhere. ) But would the PC be able to read the >>> disk? >>> >>> I have lots of stuff backed up to zip disks that I would >>> like to put on CDs for safety. So it would be good to know >>> how well that works. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ann >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
