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Q: Transfer TIFF files from Macintosh IIsi to Windows PC

Dear Expert,

I have a Macintosh IIsi running System 6.0.8 and Finder 6.1.8 with a Bernoulli 90 PRO and a SyQuest EZ Drive 135 attached with no CD-drive or internet connection. I have many TIFF picture files to be transfered to my Windows PC running Windows Vista Home Basic 2007 Service Pack 2.

Could you teach me how to connect the two computers for the transfer?

Thank you very much!

Gratefully,

Jim

Posted on Apr 16, 2013 10:04 AM

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  • by Jim20000913,

    Jim20000913 Jim20000913 Apr 29, 2013 4:52 PM in response to Jan Hedlund
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    Apr 29, 2013 4:52 PM in response to Jan Hedlund

    Hi, Jan,

     

    1) I downloaded MACDISK.exe from this site: http://www.macdisk.com/downlen.php.

    2) I installed it and tried to run it.

    3) It gave message "Division by zero"

     

    Please advise further.

     

    Thanks.

     

    Jim

  • by Jan Hedlund,

    Jan Hedlund Jan Hedlund Apr 29, 2013 10:07 PM in response to Jim20000913
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    Apr 29, 2013 10:07 PM in response to Jim20000913

    Jim,

     

    That is not the web page mentioned in my message. Please see the text again.

     

    Jan

  • by Jim20000913,

    Jim20000913 Jim20000913 Apr 29, 2013 10:54 PM in response to Jan Hedlund
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    Apr 29, 2013 10:54 PM in response to Jan Hedlund

    Dear Jan,

     

    How foolish of me!  I just google-translated the page and missed the link.

     

    Now I have completed making the Mac Disk and the Stuffit Expander 4.0.1 is on Powerbook 180!   Thanks so much!  What should I do next?

     

    Vielen Dank!

     

    Jim

  • by Jan Hedlund,

    Jan Hedlund Jan Hedlund Apr 30, 2013 4:23 AM in response to Jim20000913
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    Apr 30, 2013 4:23 AM in response to Jim20000913

    Jim,

     

    Very good. You may have to rebuild the Desktop on the PowerBook 180 if StuffIt Expander only appears with a generic program icon. Otherwise, you could now try to drag any previously downloaded file onto the StuffIt Expander icon (or try to open them from within the StuffIt Expander application). This should decode MacBinary (.bin) and BinHex (.hqx), and decompress StuffIt (.sit) files.

     

    If you wish to test whether the communications portion of ClarisWorks can be made to work properly, you could try to download all the Communications Toolbox tools. After decoding and decompression, install them (the Extensions Folder of the System Folder).

     

    http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English -North_American/Macintosh/Networking-Communications/Comm_Toolbox/

     

    With these downloadable tools, ClarisWorks can only use the XMODEM protocol for file transfers.

     

    ZMODEM is more advanced, probably easier to use, and offers more options. The shareware utility ZTerm would be the program to use for that protocol.

     

    Jan

  • by Jim20000913,

    Jim20000913 Jim20000913 Apr 30, 2013 4:29 AM in response to Jan Hedlund
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    Apr 30, 2013 4:29 AM in response to Jan Hedlund

    Hi, Jan,

     

    Indeed StuffIt Expander only appears with a generic program icon.  How do I rebuild the Desktop on the PowerBook 180?

     

    Thanks.

     

    Jim

  • by dalstott,

    dalstott dalstott Apr 30, 2013 1:37 PM in response to Jim20000913
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    Apr 30, 2013 1:37 PM in response to Jim20000913

    How do I rebuild the Desktop on the PowerBook 180?

     

    Get TechTool 1.2.1. It is easy and does a complete job of desktop rebuild and will zap the Pram also without the repeated startups.

     

    http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/techtool-121

     

    http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/techtool

     

    https://www.micromat.com/support-45/file-archives/62-techtool-121

  • by Jim20000913,

    Jim20000913 Jim20000913 Apr 30, 2013 3:59 PM in response to dalstott
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    Apr 30, 2013 3:59 PM in response to dalstott

    Many Thanks, Dalstott, for your  advice.

     

    My Powerbook 180 or Mac IIsi is not able to connect to internet.  Can I download TechTool 1.2.1 using my PC and transfer it to Powerbook 180?

     

    Many thanks.

     

    Jim

  • by Jan Hedlund,

    Jan Hedlund Jan Hedlund Apr 30, 2013 4:41 PM in response to Jim20000913
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    Apr 30, 2013 4:41 PM in response to Jim20000913

    Jim,

     

    See the following article:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2344

     

    Jan

  • by dalstott,

    dalstott dalstott Apr 30, 2013 6:38 PM in response to Jim20000913
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    Apr 30, 2013 6:38 PM in response to Jim20000913

    I am not absolutely certain but the Mac should be able to read the PC floppy with the required control panel/extension. Or you can try the manual way for classic Mac OS.

     

    Restart your computer while pressing the Command and Option keys. is the classic way to do the rebuild.

  • by Jim20000913,

    Jim20000913 Jim20000913 Apr 30, 2013 8:02 PM in response to dalstott
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    Apr 30, 2013 8:02 PM in response to dalstott

    Thank you Jan and dalstott,

     

    1) I used Command-Option and rebuilt the desktop to have the Stuffit Expander icon change from generic to its own.

     

    2)  When I dropped the zterm1.sit file over the Stuffit icon, nothing seemed to happen.

     

    3)  When I double-clicked the Stuffit icon, I saw the message:  This version of Stuffit Expander requires version 4.0 or newer of the Stuffit Engine to support many new advanced features.  Only basic expansion will be available."

     

    4) I don't see any expanded files or folders.

     

    Please guide.

     

    Thanks.

     

    Jim

  • by Jim20000913,

    Jim20000913 Jim20000913 Apr 30, 2013 8:18 PM in response to Jan Hedlund
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    Apr 30, 2013 8:18 PM in response to Jan Hedlund

    Hi, Jan and dalstott,

     

    Fascinating!  When I dropped "Apple Modem Tool 1.5.3", "Serial Tool 1.0.2", and "XMODEM Tool 1.1" on Stuffit Expander, they all expanded and changed to files with .sea extension.  So they all expanded from .bin to .sea.  The zterm1 has extension .sit.  Could that be the reason?   Do I need to look for a zterm1.bin file?

     

    Please advise.

     

    Thanks.

     

    Jim

  • by Jim20000913,

    Jim20000913 Jim20000913 Apr 30, 2013 8:31 PM in response to Jim20000913
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    Apr 30, 2013 8:31 PM in response to Jim20000913

    After putting unzipped "Apple Modem Tool 1.5.3", "Serial Tool 1.0.2", and "XMODEM Tool 1.1" in the extension folder and restarted the computer, I opened ClarisWorks again, with the same error message "No terminal tools are available."

     

    Thanks.

     

    Jim

  • by Jan Hedlund,

    Jan Hedlund Jan Hedlund Apr 30, 2013 9:56 PM in response to Jim20000913
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    Apr 30, 2013 9:56 PM in response to Jim20000913

    Jim,

     

    Apparently, StuffIt Expander is working since the tools were successfully decoded.

     

    Normally, a .sit compression would protect the Mac file structure (a resource fork and a data fork) as well. Something may have happened to that file during download/transfer, though. A new download/transfer could perhaps be tested. Also, some .sit files have been compressed in a format that requires a newer StuffIt Expander version.

     

    The following archive, for example, contains many older communications programs (see the abstracts text file). Both BinHex (.hqx) and MacBinary (.bin) downloads are OK (do not attempt to carry out any decoding/decompression until on the PB 180).

     

    http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mac/info-mac/_Communication/_Terminal/

     

    I do not know why ClarisWorks does not work OK. Maybe something with the basic Communications Toolbox in the system, or something with the tools versions. Have you checked whether the ClarisWorks 4 installer or the System 7.1 system installer (Custom Installation) could offer anything of interest? Otherwise, you would just have to concentrate on other terminal emulation utilities with file transfer capabilities. Unfortunately, I do not have access to ClarisWorks (1) nor to a System 7.x computer today, so I cannot help you test this right now.

     

    Jan

  • by Jan Hedlund,

    Jan Hedlund Jan Hedlund May 1, 2013 6:49 AM in response to Jim20000913
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    May 1, 2013 6:49 AM in response to Jim20000913

    Hello again,

     

    >putting unzipped "Apple Modem Tool 1.5.3", "Serial Tool 1.0.2", and "XMODEM Tool 1.1" in the extension folder

     

    Just to avoid any misunderstanding, I assume that the items placed in the Extensions Folder were the ones resulting from unpacking the .sea (self-expanding archive) intermediate files.

     

    Maybe you could try putting all the remaining tools from the Comm_Toolbox download page in the Extensions Folder in order to see whether this makes a difference.

     

    BTW, you probably noticed that the aforementioned download archive with old shareware/freeware/demo terminal emulation programs contains ZTerm 1.0.1 in a BinHex (.hqx) version (see also the abstracts file).

     

    Jan

  • by Jim20000913,

    Jim20000913 Jim20000913 May 1, 2013 5:04 PM in response to Jan Hedlund
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    May 1, 2013 5:04 PM in response to Jan Hedlund

    Hi, Jan,

     

    I downloaded ZTerm 1.0.1 in a BinHex (.hqx) from your link, transferred it to PB180 and used Stuffit Expander to expand it, successfully!

     

    ZTerm can be opened and under File, Dial, Settings, Macros, and Misc there are different choices.  I don't know what to choose to transfer TIFF picture files to my PC.

     

    Could you please advise?

     

    Many thanks.

     

    Jim

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