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

["Marvin Miller" <marvinmiller@hotmail.com>]

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

The amount of time it will take is not really relevant. I have time and can
set it up and let it go. So, I have two SCSI drives. Both are identical 2
gig units. The one drive is almost strictly tiny 32 meg partitions and will
be the working drive. The other drive is a single two gig HFS partition. The
idea is to stick all the programs onto the HFS drive, decompress them using
the self-extracting file and than wipe out that file. This means around 500
megs of stuff on that drive that can than be moved to wherever. At least the
programs are than accessible for use.

So the problem comes back to what is the best application to use for
communicating over a null modem cable that can address the HFS file system.
The only other option I have seems to be picking up a CD player and burning
the data on it and than using that with the IIgs. Certainly it would be
faster and would result in a stable archive on a single disk.

What do you guys think?

Best;
Marvin Miller




"Mark Cummings" <figjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Not free, but not too expensive either, AppleWorks GS should work, that's
> what I use. Biggest file I've transfered was about 2 Meg., if you get too
> many errors it quits (10, I think). Slower produces far less errors than
> trying to push the limits.
> 400Meg though would be a challenge though at 9600/19200. How many days are
> you going to be doing this ??? At 9600 it will take something like 5 days.
> half that isn't much better.
> Lastly I have to ask, what on earth could you do with a 400Mb file on a GS
> anyway. Don't forget one of the key features of the Apple series was that
> programmers were forced to make "smart" programs that fit in little
> packages. If you've got a 400Mb file it must be written by a lazy PC
> programmer, who has absolutely no respect for hard drive space :)
> That's why a 500Mb Apple can fit every program ever needed on it, and a
20Gb
> PC can only fit the next version of Windoze on it and no applications !
>
> good luck anyway,
>
> Mark
>
>
> Marvin Miller wrote in message ...
> >Hi;
> >
> >I'm trying to do a null modem xfer using Z-term and Hyperterminal.
> >
> >I need to move a 400 meg file from my PC to the Apple. Because of the
size
> I
> >need to put it on a 2 gig HFS drive.
> >I was trying Z-Term but it would not see the HFS drive, probably because
> >it's a ProDos based program??
> >
> >I need a program that will do this transfer, as such it must;
> >
> >Work with multiple hard drives
> >Work with HFS and ProDos volumes
> >Work with no other comm gear in an Apple //GS other than a Null Modem
> cable.
> >
> >Can anyone tell me of a simple to use program that fits these
requirements
> >and is free?
> >
> >Best;
> >Marvin Miller
> >
> >
>
>