Re: Creating Apple2 disks on a Commodore 64?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

peter karlsson writes ...
> 
> A friend of mine has an Apple2 and a disk drive, but hasn't got any
> possibility to create disks for from software downloaded via the Internet. I
> have a Commodore 64 and have such hardware for my PC and it. I know that the
> Apple2 uses GCR, albeit somewhat different from what Commodore uses, on its
> disks aswell, so I wonder if it is possible to:
> 
> * Create an Apple2 disk using any of the Commodore 64<->PC transfer software
> * Read/write Apple2 disks on a Commodore 64
> * Read/write Commodore 64 disks on an Apple2
> * Use the hardware I have to hook up my Commodore equipment to my PC to
>   hook up Apple2 equipment?
 ....

     It may be possible to create A2 5.25" disks on a C-64. Since this would be
C-64 software, a good place to look for it would be a C-64 web site. (Of course,
it is easy to read and write Apple II cassette tapes on a C-64.)

     On the other hand, there are several ways to transfer Apple II software
downloaded to a PC to an Apple II. One way, software named "ap2222pc", uses the
Apple II Game port and, so, does not even require having a serial card. (For
more info see http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html .) 



Rubywand