[thelist] Cross Platform Networks for Designers

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Tue Sep 19 11:35:41 CDT 2000


> From: "Gina K. Anderson" <gina at sitediva.com>

NT has services specifically for supporting Macs... we do it here, 
and it works wonderfully...

> -Checking sites, even before upload would be kinda nice but not
> absolutely necessary, to grab platform-specific problems

not hard... remember Macs can read PC-formatted disks, even if 
you can't get the network up... assuming you're running System 
7.5 or greater...

> -I would need
> to use my Win98 machine's CD-burner to backup files for the iMac or NT
> station, or somehow allow the iMac to read the Win98 burnt CD's. For
> example, say I didn't have file sharing, but I see a program I want to
> download and install on the iMac, and I wanted to burn the program to
> a CD for safekeeping to reinstall later if needed.--I'd need the iMac
> to be able to read the Windows98 burnt CD. Umm..get me?

see above...

> -(Blush) to
> play games between the Win98 and NT workstation with my husband ;)

dunno 'bout that... depends on the game and how it interacts with a 
host or another machine...




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