"How can it be done! Is it possible?" "How do I transfer Mac programs from a PC to a Mac?!?!"
After years of close observation of Macintosh Cross-Platformers (actually just a few emails by some bright Mac users along with the well known ClassicMacAddict intellect) I have identified a few key paths which can be followed to transfer your old Mac programs downloaded on a PC to your "Classic" Mac.
Method One: "TransMac"
Method sent in by S. Downer (Edited to be compatable with HqXer)
REQUIRED: MacSE (w/ 1.4mb Double Density Disk Superdrive) or higher, PC running Windows 3.1 or higher
This configuration allows you to (obviously) transfer programs from a PC to an old Mac. A program called TransMac is used on the PC itself. The only problem with this setup is that TransMac does not support the Low density (400k/800k) Mac diskettes that are used by the first few Macintosh models (because the can't be read by PC floppy controllers).
1. Download TransMac for the PC at: http://www.asy.com/sharetm.htm. 2. Download HqXer for the Mac at this site: http://www.classicmacaddict.com/hqxer.sea. 3. Format a Mac disk either on the Mac or on the PC with TransMac. 4. Download a bunch of Mac Programs. 5. Open TransMac, find the file for stuffit expander in the "PC Folder" section (It is a self-expanding archive, note the SEA ending (guess what that stands for)). 6. In the "Mac Folder" section, click on Mac Drive and select your A drive with the Mac Floppy in it. (Note: You can format it at this time if you want by clicking Utilities - Format Mac Disk) 7. Open the volume name on the Mac disk. 8. Right click on file to be transferred to Mac (stuffit expander, or whatever else you want) and click copy selected. You can select multiple files. 9. After it's done, put the disk in the Mac and double click on hqxer.sea, it is self expanding and should create an individual application once you have launched it. 10. Run HqXer to decompress the programs you downloaded. 11. Lanuch your newly downloaded programs and have a great time.
Method Two: "Modem Transfer"
Method sent in by J. Gibson
REQUIRED: A Macintosh, a PC, a Mac terminal program
This configuration uses a direct connection between your Mac and PC through their modems. The problem with this option is that you need to have a terminal program already on your Macintosh.
1. Setup an old Macintosh with a modem that is compatable with your Mac. 2. Make sure you have a terminal program already on your Macintosh (i.e.: MacTerm, ZTerm, certain "Works" software programs can be used). 3. Plug in a normal phone line to your Mac's modem, and another to your PC's modem. 4. In Windows go into your terminal program (Hyperterminal, etc.) and open your Mac's terminal program as well. 5. In order to ignite the connection between the computers (It may take a few tries). Have one of your computers pick up the phone, and the other recieve the call and connect. It seems to work better using the Mac to answer so type "atd" in the PC's terminal screen, press enter, and quickly go to the PC terminal screen and do the same. A connect message should be visible on both computers. 6. Using your terminal program to transfer whatever you desire to your old Mac.
Method Three: "CD ROM Transfer"
Method sent in by J. Gibson
REQUIRED: A Macintosh w/ a CD ROM, a PC w/ a CDR Drive
This configuration uses CD drives to send the files.
1. Setup an old Macintosh with an equally old CD ROM drive (SCSI). 2. Download the PC program CDEverywhere at http://www.i2rd.com/cdeverywhere/download.shtml (It allows you to make a MAC iso on your PC harddrive). 3. Simply point it to the files and/or folders you want to put in the mac "virtual hard drive" iso file and it simply adds it in. 4. Burn the .iso file using a piece of software like adaptec easy CD creator. 5. Copy the files from the CD to the Mac.
Method Four: "HFV Explorer Transfer"
Method sent in by Mr. T.
REQUIRED: A Macintosh with a Double Density Superdrive, a PC
This configuration uses a PC program called HFV Explorer to use Mac files on your PC. HFV Explorer allows you to drag and drop files to/from Mac disks to/from a PC. There is an excellent guide for this program at http://gamma.nic.fi/~lpesonen/HFVExplorer/HFVExplorerHelp.html. It tells you how powerful the program is and answers just about every question you would have ever thought of.
1. Download HFV explorer at http://gamma.nic.fi/~lpesonen/HFVExplorer/. 2. Once installed, insert a Mac formatted floppy into your PC and copy the files you downloaded to the disk. 3. Make sure you have downloaded HqXer to decompress the files. It is located at http://www.classicmacaddict.com/hqxer.sea. 4. Insert the Mac disk back into your Mac and decompress the files you downloaded (Use HqXer to decompress them. If the file hqxer.sea does not appear as an application I would sudgest you examine the help file for HFVExplorer as listed above.
Method Two: "Modem Transfer"
