How do I use Mac floppies in a SUN drive?

	
	You can not use "real" Mac floppies without buying either
	one of the emulator packages like Liken from Andataco(?) or
	Mae from Apple (only runs on Solaris2.3 or above). They
	is another product or two that just allows you to mount
	Macintosh floppies onto your Sun but the vendors
	and product names escape me now.

	That said if all you want to do is exchange files
	the easiest way is to use suntar on the Macintosh to
	copy files to a "high density" floppy.  Then you can use 
	"tar" or "bar" on the Sun to get the files off this floppy.
	It is available from ftp.ececs.uc.edu (129.137.8.99)
	as /pub/sun-faq/Source/suntar-203.hqx or visit
	the Info Mac archives at wuarchive.wustl.edu.

	or

	You could use the Apple File Exchanger to translate
	the files to MS-DOS format. Then use one of the many 
	methods for transferring MS-DOS disks to Sun. System 7.5 now
	mounts dos floppies automatically no need for Apple File
	Exchanger.

	These methods should only be used with files like ascii files,
	wordprocessor files, and  spreadsheet data files. Mac
	application programs should not be transfered.
	
	Finally, low density Mac floppies are not compatable
	with Sun floppy drives. 
	
	Last Updated:  January 27, 1995.

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