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

[apple2pd@garp3.icaen.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <FN876.981985$8u4.20432589@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com>,
Marvin Miller <marvinmiller@hotmail.com> wrote:
>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?
>

If you need to meet the above requirements, then no program will help,
free of not.

  1)  The largest ProDOS volume is 32Megs.  The largest single file on a
ProDOS volume is 16Megs.  So, no ProDOS volume will hold a 400MEG file .

  2)  Using GS/OS on a IIGS with a HFS volume may work, but then you must
use a GS/OS program, not a P8-based program.  Spectrum, commercial, is the
preferred program, but some PD/Freeware/Shareware programs like Snowterm
may work (Xmodem ?), very slowly ;-)

Consider breaking the file into logical parts on a PC and work with the
parts separately on the IIGS.

Consider using a Mac as a peripheral device to the IIGS.  Xfer the file to
the Mac via Ethernet.  Network the IIGS and Mac via Localtalk and use
personal file-sharing to bring the file to the IIGS via Appletalk; or work
with the file on the Mac by Appleshare.

(Localtalk can be as simple as an Imagewriter II printer cable connected
between the printer serial ports on the Mac and the IIGS.)

Remember, ProDOS and P8 programs can not handle a file as large as you
intend.  Stick to GS/OS programs and HFS or file-sharing.

Good luck!  A old Mac is a very useful IIGS peripheral. ;-)

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)