Re: IIgs serial port, a walk down memory lane, and 5 1/4" image convertions

["Ken Tucker" <ktucker@iit.net>]

Thanks again! You're most knowledgable! ;)

william strutts <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote in message
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> Ken Tucker" <ktucker@iit.net> wrote in message
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> > Perhaps a question I could get by scrounging the net, but on the back on
> my
> > IIgs is a modem port. It is circular, 9 pins (I think), and is identical
> to
> > the printer port. Is this a serial port? Someone recently suggested that
I
> > get a Super Serial Card, but why would I need one if the IIgs already
has
> a
> > serial port? It looks identical to ports on the back of my Mac
Performa...
> > Can anyone answer?
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> It is an RS-422 port which is a fast serial port.  It will support speeds
> up to around 38k. A Super Serial card will only support speeds up to
> 19.2K.  You are better off using the IIgs port. It is a mini-8 pin din
> connection which is used in Appletalk so that you could set up an
> Appletalk network with your Mac by using an 8-pin to 8-pin serial
> cable or get two localtalk connectors and phone cord.  To set up
> Appletalk, you need to go into the Control Panel and set either slot
> 1 or slot 2 to Appletalk.  You will then need to load the Appletalk
> driver using GS/OS.  To get to control panel, command/control/esc.
> Plus I think it would work better with a hard drive. I have my Mac
> Classic II networked to my IIgs and I can transfer files between them.
> It is pretty cool. The Mac acts as a file server.
>
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > I'm so excited to have a working IIgs now! I just got my floppy drives
in
> > today and an old ProDOS 3.5" disk I had from 1990 still booted and my
> > Applesoft Basic programs (complete with mouse support!) still work! I'm
so
> > proud of myself. ;) And the ProDOS commands have almost come back to me.
> > Except for all those damn peeks and pokes! I used them throughout my
> program
> > (along with a zillion gosubs and gotos)! There's no way I'll ever being
> able
> > to trace this. Anyone remember RENUMBER? I should find and run that - in
> > parts, my code is numbered in 1's - 10, 20, 21, 22, 25, 30, etc. haha!
>
> I think Renumber was part of the original II ROM set which has since
> gone away in the II plus and above. One of the archive sites has a listing
> of the Peeks and Pokes.
>
> > One last question... Can anyone think of a way to get a 5 1/4" Apple II
> disk
> > image to work from a 3.5" disk (since I don't have a 5 1/4" drive and
> don't
> > want to buy one if I don't have to)? I have a PC and Mac with 1.44"
> drives.
> > I know I can get a 5 1/4" disk image to the Mac, but I'm not sure if I
can
> > de-image it and copy it to a 3.5" disk (800k, of course).
>
> Nope.  It must be expanded to a 140k diskette.   A disk image is a track
by
> track copy of a diskette including the disk structure.  You can pick up
> Apple 5.25
> drives pretty cheap these days. I saw one at Goodwill today for .99
> cents.  The other way is to use an Apple II Mac emulator to load the
> image and then copy the files to a ProDOS disk on the Mac. I think the
> emulator is called Bernie II the Rescue.  It should be able to read the
disk
> image and then just copy the files to a ProDOS disk.
>
> > Ken
> >
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