Re: Need help getting Images to a Real Disk...

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"Kris Lane" <kris@jerseycape.com> wrote:

>Hello all....
>
>I have a problem and I am hoping someone can help
>me. I have a lot of Apple II disk images on my IBM, and
>like many, I want to use them on my real Apple II.
>
>I figured out how to get my 2 computers two talk to each
>other using a direct cable connection from an IBM Com
>Port and the Super Serial Port on the Apple. Using
>communications software on both sides, and having the
>IBM computer uploading the image and the Apple II
>downloading the image, I thought it would work, but here
>is the problem:
>
>I have only 1 disk drive, and when I go to download the
>file from the IBM, needless to say, I always get a "diskette
>full" message, since the disk can't hold both the Apple II
>Comm software and the complete image.

You may not have enough storage space.  The general
procedure is doing what you are doing and, once getting
the disk image to the Apple II side, running a program
called DSK2FILE to change the disk image back to a
real disk.

You'll either need a second, preferably larger disk drive,
a RAM disk, or a hard disk to make it work.