Re: Arghhhh with PC--->Apple over Null Modem Cable

["John King" <joki@eskimo.com>]

Never done this but I've heard that Oasis has a server program so that you
can connect an Apple 2 (not sure if a IIgs works or not, or if matters), and
a PC running the emulator. I think, when you're all done, you'll see the
files residing on the emulated_PC_Apple2 on your real Apple 2. Phoenix has
mentioned this before. Phoenix are you there??

Don't know if you intend on keeping everything on that single zip file, but
you may want to investigate if the Apple 2 zip programs can reasonably
handle that size of a file -- it'd be a stretch and they may choke.


"Dennis Jenkins" <dennis@usb.com> wrote in message
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> Marvin Miller wrote:
> >
> > OK, I guess I'll have to explain the scenario..
> >
> > I have roughly 400 megs of Apple programs compressed into a single
> > self-extracting zip file. This file is comprised of around 4,000
individual
> > programs that I found lying around the 'net. As a result, they are stuck
on
> > my PC.
> >
> > The reason I need a comm program that will work with HFS is obviously
> > because of the file size. No other file system will do. I do not have a
Mac
> > lying around so there's no help there. It's going to have to go over a
null
> > modem cable from the PC ---> Apple
> >
> >
> > What do you guys think?
> >
>
> This is a long shot:
>
> If you:
> 1) have Linux on your PC
> 2) have a PC SCSI card
> 3) The HFS drive has a real apple partition table
>
> Then you can:
> 1) place the HFS drive on the PC.
> 2) Boot linux.
> 3) Load the hfs drive "insmod hfs"
> 4) mount the hfs partition "mount -t hfs /dev/sdaXXX /mnt -o
> fork=double"
> 5) Decompress your .ZIP file onto /mnt (if you have Linux, you probably
> know how to do this).
> 6) unmount everything and place the HD back into the GS.
>
>
> I have successfully transfer large amounts of data from my Mac LC-II
> running Mac OS 7.5.3 to my Linux box using this method.  I see no reason
> why it should fail for a IIgs.
>
> --
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>
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