| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
| Total number of notes: | 10312 |
Owning a Mac Plus and an ST, I transfer files from the Mac to the
ST regularly. I use a null modem cable, Uniterm on the ST end and
Smartcom on the Mac end. The problem I'm having is transferring
a font from the Mac to the ST. Other files move with no problem.
When an individual font file is selected, Smartcom says that "0
Bytes Selected". It then transfers 0 bytes to the ST. Uniterm
says that the transfer was successful but the new file has no bytes.
I'm trying to convert my Mac fonts for use with the Fontz! program,
I'm following the directions, and have no trouble sending text or
paint files back and forth between the two machines. The Mac fonts
are the only problem.
Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 219.1 | Did you try to ARChive or UUENCODE it first ? | PILOU::ANDERSEN | Relocating my way home ? | Thu Sep 08 1988 05:16 | 1 |
| 219.2 | Still trying | GEMVAX::KEENE | Thu Sep 08 1988 14:13 | 7 | |
There's a PIT program for the Mac that will compress files, but
then how would I un-PIT them on the ST? As for UUENCODE, I don't
know what that is.
I've talked to others who have tried this and they're experiencing
the same problems. I guess I can get in touch with Neocept (publisher
of Fontz!) and see what they say.
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| 219.3 | Use the right fork | BOLT::MINOW | Fortran for Precedent | Fri Sep 09 1988 15:34 | 17 |
It may be the case that Smartcomm is only interested in sending the data fork of the file, while the font resides in the resource fork. Background: Macintosh file have a (possibly empty) data component and a (possibly empty) resource component. The resource fork contains a database of elements that may be accessed by name, number, or label. The font is probably stored in a FONT resource -- all you need to do is to copy it over. Kermit for the Macintosh will let you specify which fork you want to transmit. If you can't find it on the net, send me a disk and I'll make you a copy. I had no problems using Kermit on both machines to interchange files. On the other hand, I wasn't moving fonts across. Martin. | |||||