HELP! - PC Exchange control panel

[diva]

I've received a CD ROM from a company who appears to only use PCs. I don't
know if they burned this CD incorrectly or what but my Mac will not read
it. They say PC Exchange should be able to open the Disk however I seem to
be finding out that PC Exchange is an old control panel (MAC OS 7.5 or
something). Can anyone help me on this? I thought Macs just automatically
read PC files. I have no problems reading PC floppies or Zip disks.

Thanks in advance.

-Natalie

[Steve W. Jackson]

In article <info-26109...@nhatter.vip.best.com>,
in...@NOSPAM.designdiva.com (diva) wrote:

:> I've received a CD ROM from a company who appears to only use PCs. I don't

If you've got any variety of Mac OS 8.x, it's now called File Exchange.
However, since it's a CD, you'll also need to enable the extensions for
Foreign File Access and perhaps ISO 9660.

= Steve =

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[DBlaisAZ]

<< I've received a CD ROM from a company who appears to only use PCs. I don't
know if they burned this CD incorrectly or what but my Mac will not read
it. They say PC Exchange should be able to open the Disk however I seem to
be finding out that PC Exchange is an old control panel (MAC OS 7.5 or
something). Can anyone help me on this? I thought Macs just automatically
read PC files. I have no problems reading PC floppies or Zip disks. >>

PC Exchange is now File Exchange. If you don't have it reload from the System
Disk (I know it is on 8.5). File Exchange is just for the programs though and
only simplifies double-clicking files. For instantance you can set it up so
that .doc files are open by Microsoft word. This Extension also helps read PC
disks (floppies) I believe.

The CD Drivers are what you need:

First make sure you have the Apple CD/DVD Driver (or Apple CD Driver) Extension
installed.

You then need the Foreign File access suite of Extensions installed. You
should have these files in your extensions folders (don't go by the Extension
Manager):

Foreign File Access
UDF Volume Access (DVD)
Apple Photo Access (Kodak PhotoCD)
Audio CD Access (music CD)
High Sierra File Access (non-Mac CD)
ISO 9660 File Access (non-Mac CD)

If you don't have them all then reload from the System CD should be under
"Portability" or "Compatabilty" or "File Exchange" or something similar when
selecting "Add/Remove software components" installation. After you have
installed them restart, set any options you need in FileExchange and put the CD
in. Should work.

You might also need the appropate image translation programs if you want to
view images such as .bmp or .gif. or .jpg. Try JPEGView or GraphicConverter
(shareware). Also make sure you have Quicktime and Quicktime MPEG and the
Quicktime players loaded for viewing Windows video.

David

David