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Re: Floppy disk
- Subject: Re: Floppy disk
- From: Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>
- Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 08:43:19 +0000 (UTC)
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Hank if you port the files over to the second computer using a super serial
card in the Apple and one of the serial ports on the PC, it should be OK as the
Applewriter files are plain text which any other word processor should
recognise.
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:24:44 GMT, Hank wrote:
> I have an Apple 2E which is used as a word processor with the Applewriter
> software. I would like to transfer the data on its 5 inch floppies onto a
> second computer which also has a 5 inch disk drive, and is running Windows
> 95. So far I have had no success. I tried converting from ProDos to Dos
> 3.3 first, but that did not work.
> I would be most grateful if anyone can tell me how this trick should be
> done, or even to tell me that it is impossible.
>
> Hank
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