Re: Need communication software for apple ][

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3905F3AD.21EC57A5@gis.net>, Paul G  <gavp@gis.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: Need communication software for apple ][
 
> Paul Schlyter wrote:
> 
>> In article <8e2j0i$1hb$1@eskinews.eskimo.com>,
>> John King <joki@eskimo.com> wrote:
>>> D94jf729gs3otu <d94jf729gs3otu@aol.com> wrote in message
>>> 20000424153208.26818.00004272@ng-cg1.aol.com">news:20000424153208.26818.00004272@ng-cg1.aol.com...
>>>> I want to be able to transfer files between my ][gs and
>>>> my pentium machine.  As I understand this can be done
>>>> via a null modem and some communication software.
>>>>
>>>> Problem is, I don't have any communication software for
>>>> my gs.  Anyone know where I can buy a disk with the
>>>> right software??
>>>
>>> One way is with an emulator and a file transfer utility like adt122. If you
>>> search the web for "emulators apple" you will find some of the current
>>> packages. I am new to the Apple scene, but Oasis or AppleWin will work. ADT
>>> can be found on or near the same sites as the emulators.
>>>
>>> ADT is designed to "boot start" a diskless Apple user. With a PC, cable, and
>>> an Apple (with a Super Serial Card), you'll be able to copy PC based *.dsk
>>> files to real disks made on the Apple.
>>
>> My problem was that my old Apple II+ didn't have any Super Serial
>> Card, but the older Communications Card.  As some of you might remember,
>> the Comm Card offered 100 or 300 bps.  However the manual contained
>> descriptions on how you could rewire the Comm Card do instead offer
>> 300 or 1200 bps alternatively 1200 or 4800 bps.  Needless to say, my
>> Comm Card was rewired to 1200 or 4800 bps many years ago.
>>
>> But ADT still doesn't support the Comm Card, so I modified it (ver
>> 1.21) to add this support.  The current version is minimalistic: it
>> blindly assumes a Comm Card and always uses the higher bit rate,
>> however you can configure the slot of the Comm Card as before.
>>
>> If anyone is interested in this version, email me.
> 
> Can you send me one too ?  Thanks !
 
Just a short note: I'm working on this.  My good ol' Apple II is
situated out in my country house, which I visit irregularly -- right
now it will be unavailable to me for a few weeks.  I do have .DSK
files though, containing the binary file ADT.CC (where CC means
"Communications Card"), however these .DSK files won't be of much use
for someone who has no working ADT on his Apple.
 
So I'm currently writing a utility to manipulate .DSK image files,
and to, among other things, extract any file within the .DSK image
and convert it to some suitable form -- for instance a monitor dump
of the Apple II.  THis dump could be transferred as a text file to
your Apple (if you have ASCII Express or some equivalent program), or
if you have nothing, you can type it in manually.
 
Expect it to be posted here within a few days.
 
Later I will make some decent assembly source files available too.
They're currently broken, so I have to recreate them.
 
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