Re: making acutal floppys out of .dsk images from the net

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

bo snyder <bobo_snyder@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> a question... this way and the other way that someone else mentioned using
a
> serial cable are fine, but are these the easiest ways of converting
> downloaded dsk or do files  to 800 kb prodos floppys that my mac and
> read/write??

No, if you are working with an Apple II with 800K disks (IIgs, IIc+, IIc
with 3.5" UniDisk, etc.) the easiest method is downloading a disk image
either directly to a Mac or using sneaker net to get it from your PC to the
Mac, then using DiskCopy (free download from Apple) to make a bootable 800K
floppy for your Apple II.

That way you don't have to use a cable or struggle with forked files and
file types.
I think some kind souls made disk images with Shrinkit, a comm program, and
other really useful stuff.

To do this, you need a Mac, but not one so old that it doesn't have a 1.44
meg SuperDrive (Mac SE and earlier), or so new that it doesn't have a
compatible SuperDrive (iMacs, some newer Power PC's.)

A handy accessory for your Apple II's is an SE/30, SE FDHD or SuperDrive,
Classic, Classic II, or Color Classic. They can all read/write ProDos, IBM,
and Mac 800K/1.44K disks. Being compact, they don't take much space and can
be put away when not in use. The Color Classic even has a slot for a IIe
board, which allows it to function as a IIe, including running from a ProDos
partition on the hard disk (shared with the Mac) and having access to the
Mac's 3.5" floppy as well as an external 5.25" floppy.

Except for the Color Classic, most compact Macs can be had for free or just
a few dollars, if you can find them at a thrift shop. They are a lot of fun
in their own right, too.
-Paul