Re: Apple -> PC xfers

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Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>> can this only be done with an appletalk setup?
> ....
>
>     No. In fact, there are Apple II users who fervently wish AppleTalk had
>never gotten anywhere near the GS. It is the perfect example of a system which
>is far more bother than it's worth.

I have to disagree with you here, Rubywand.  It depends what your
other computer is.  To us who have Win 95/98 units as "the other
computer," it certainly seems that way.  But then again, once you've
seen an AppleTalked IIGS, you may change your mind.  I did when
I finally saw one in action.

First: Transfer rate...AppleTalk is 230k while null-modem to a PC is
       only 56k.

Second: Convenience.  The Mac's hard drive shows up as an icon
        on the IIGS Finder desktop.  Files can be copied back and forth
        with ease.  That's a lot easier than jumping into ProTERM or
        Spectrum and starting zmodem.  It is certainly more convenient.

Comparing AppleTalk to null-modem is like comparing Ethernet to
null-modem.  If you have two Win 95/98 units, would you connect
them using null-modem and transfer files with zmodem?  Or would
you connect them via Ethernet and have access to hard drives on
the network, copying files to and from.

>     So; all you need is a 4MB IIgs with Focus hard drive running Spectrum
>connected at the Modem Port via a hi-speed (hardware handshaking) modem cable
to
>a NULL modem connector connected via a standard PC modem cable to Com-1 or
Com-2
>of a Win95 PC running HyperTerm. If your GS has an accelerator board, you can
>easily do Z-modem transfers at 57.6k baud.

I did a test with acceleration turned off.  Don't know about Spectrum,
but ProTERM 3.1 can manage 57.6k zmodem transfers in either
direction via a null-modem connection WITHOUT an accelerator.
The IIGS never ceases to amaze me.  ;-)