Date:         Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:38:15 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: ETKA CD ON MAC
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>Before I start - let me state for the record that all of this is based on
>the assumption that the ETKA CD contains software, and not just doc files.
>
>That out of the way, when you create a CD that is readable by both a
>IBM-PC and a MAC, the only thing that you are modifying is the way that
>the data is stored on the CD.  It does nothing for the compatibility of
>the files that it stores.  A Windows program will still require a machine
>running Windows (or a Windows emulator), you'll just be able to SEE the
>files on your Mac.  The same thing works the other way too.  A Mac program
>burned onto a Dual format CD will be visible to someone running an IBM-PC,
>but they would still need a MAC (or, again, an emulator) in order to run
>the software.


Yup. I can SEE the files on my Mac,  but can't open them.


Andrew Grebneff
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