How best to xfer files from PC to iBook via internet?

coolhandpetecoolhandpete
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
1) Does anyone have an easy way to archive a lot of files on an IBM so that they can be de-archived again in OS X (or even OS 9)? I've tried PKZip for IBM and the one ZIP util I've found for the Mac OS, but I haven't been able to de-archive them successfully.



2) Also, can anyone suggest a temporary resting place for a gig or so of files for download on the iBook? I'm disappointed that iTools is not IBM-compatible.



3) With no CD burner on my IBM and no floppy drive on the iBook I can't do much of anything right now without using the internet as the intermediary. Any general suggestions there?



I'm hearing impending-death noises in the hard drive on my IBM as I type this, and I fear to lose a whole lot of important stuff. (I'm a backup-phobic idiot-fool.)





Thanks for anything.



- PEte





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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    eskimoeskimo Posts: 474member
    Might try stuffit for your archiving. I know its pretty standard on the mac side of things, and there is a windows version available for download.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    the power of xthe power of x Posts: 105member
    Are you using a network? I just found out how to transfer from a PC to my new Mac. Check this link out how to do it...



    <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/networking.html"; target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/networking.html</a>;



    Hope this helps.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    the power of xthe power of x Posts: 105member
    Are you using a network? I just found out how to transfer from a PC to my new Mac. Check this link out how to do it...



    <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/networking.html"; target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/networking.html</a>;



    Hope this helps.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    sebseb Posts: 676member
    [quote]Originally posted by CoolHandPete:

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    2) Also, can anyone suggest a temporary resting place for a gig or so of files for download on the iBook? I'm disappointed that iTools is not IBM-compatible.

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    Ah-ha!



    I told you guys people still refer to Windows as "IBM - compatible".



    Sorry, Pete, don't mean to use you as an example, but a while back here I mentioned that many people call Windows machine's IBM compatibles and they told me that the term went out with the 5.25" floppy. Which it did. But I still know people who erringly use the term. (Eugene, you reading this? )



    told ya so, told ya so.



    Oh, and no, I'm afraid I don't know of any place to transfer a gig of files to on the internet. However, iTools is Windows compatible.



    You'd be well served to get a smallish inexpensive portabe firewire CD-burner and a cheapo firewire card for the PC - considering the time you'd be saving.



    Otherwise, just load <a href="http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.html"; target="_blank">Dave</a> on the iBook and plug it directly into the PC with a crossover cable. Much quicker.



    That, or a USB Zip drive - assuming the PC has USB. Otherwise you're back to needing a card for the PC again.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
  • Reply 6 of 6
    graphitemangraphiteman Posts: 428member
    Why use Dave when you can use OS X's SAMBA support? CHP, you are using OS X, right? If not, you should.
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