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.
Hi Hank!Transfer via the disk drive is NOT possible as the electronics are very different and none of the drives can be programmed to read the other one's format. So your best bet is a serial transfer. If you have a Super Serial Card in your apple (e.g. to access a serial printer) then you're mostly set. You will need a transfer program called "ADT 1.22" (for apple disk transfer) of which you can find DOS and Windows versions with a websearch. Also you need a serial cable - either a normal one or a "Null-Modem" cable - whose plugs fit your apple serial port and your PC serial port. You might need a 9/25 adapter or a gender changer to actually connect things successfully. If you have serial communication programs ("Terminal Programs") on both ends you can use those instead of ADT. The disadvantage of ADT is that it transfers whole disks as "images". You then need a program on the PC that can understand the AppleDOS 3.3 or ProDOS file organization to extract the files, if you want to do more than pure archival.
If you have NO serial card in the Apple you can build a custom cable that connects the PC _parallel_ port to the Apple Joystick port. Then the program ap2222pc can be used to transfer images. Again a web search should turn it up.
After you got the files you finally need PC software that can translate the Applewriter format to your favourite Word Processor. unfortunately I can't help you there.
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