Re: Apple II viruses

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

John Metcalf writes ...
> 
> Greetings...
> 
> Could someone point me to some info on the Apple II
> viruses, since I believe they were the first on home
> computers. Also, does anyone have info on how to
> connect up an Apple II floppy drive to a PC?
 ....

     The ProSel-16 package includes a virus detection utility. In the same package
is a good discussion of viruses by Glen Bredon. You can find ProSel-16 on Apple II
archive sites such as Ground and Asimov-GS.

     You can connect an Apple II drive to a PC using a TrackStar E board (plugged
into the PC). I think Emerald City sales (http://www.ahhz.com/) still sells the
boards and documentation. There is some TrackStar info in the FAQs. See the file
R022TRKSTAR.TXT on Ground at ...

ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/ .




Rubywand