Re: Floppy disk

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"Hank" <henry_ruth@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:MIQe7.838$5i6.154426436@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
> 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
>

Not possible.  Incompatible disk formats.  The Apple IIe uses
GCR encoded disk and the PC uses MFM encoded disk.
You would need a controller on the PC that can read GCR
encoding which is no longer made.  Your best bet is a null modem
data transfer using a terminal program from the PC to the IIe.
Check the FAQ on instructions on how to do that.

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