Re: PC to Mac IIcx to IIgs???

[Paul Seemann <trident@boink.net>]

Randy,

What I did was download "Apple IIe Card 2.2.1.sea"  from:

http://swupdates.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/http_lister.pl?Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Apple_II/For_Macintosh

and installed it on my IICX.  All you need is the Prodos File System
init, then you can read/write & format IIGS Prodos disks on your Mac.

The only other software I use is HFVexplorer or Transmac so I can
read/write Mac 1.44 disks on my Pentium.  Transmac is alot faster, but
doens't always work for me.

If I had a decent modem for my CX I could download directly to Prodos
floppies and cut out the PC all together.

Paul


Randy Shackelford wrote:
> 
> Jason Whorton <jason@microxl.com> wrote:
> : Hello.  Can files be downloaded on a PC and put on a 1.44 floppy disk, then
> : read from the Mac IIcx and put into a file format that the IIgs or IIe can
> : use?  I bought a IIcx yesterday and read that it can read MS-DOS files.
> : Also, I have seen Mac to IIgs transfers being mentioned here, but as I never
> : had a Mac, I always skipped them.  I don't know if a IIcx is modern enough
> : for whatever it has to have to be able to transfer files.  If anyone has any
> : info on this (Supetimer, Rubywand, your name here) then please post it or
> : e-mail me.  I would appreciate it.  It would give me a reason to dust off
> : the IIgs and/or IIe and use it/them again.
> 
> A IIcx has a superdrive, so all it takes is PC Exchange to access DOS disks.
> That comes bundled with OS 7.5. I recommend using OS 7.5.5, the last version
> that a IIcx can run. You may not be used to the idea if you use wintel stuff,
> but Apple's stuff has a useful lifespan far longer than that of that brand X
> stuff. You can also network the IIcx with a IIgs with practically no effort.
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Apple IIe Card 2.2.1.sea