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Re: Using a PC to write IIGs-readable files




lachlan_arnott@my-deja.com wrote:

> > If you are talking about writing files to a diskette which you can pop
> > into a IIgs equipped with standard Apple II drives, then, no. There is > no purely software way of doing that.
>
> Not directly from PC to GS, but if you're prepared to go via a
> (not too ancient) Mac, there's a method that doesn't involve protocol
> transfers / Trackstar cards etc., as long as the file will fit onto
> a standard GS 800K floppy (one assumes that this is what is required).

No have Mac...:) I am looking to transfer text, and binary files, so I think the null modem or the Zip disk solution
will suffice. (I was tickled to note that my IIgs read my old Mac disks when I got it, so I have no doubt it works.)
Thanks, tho!

---Mike