Re: Apple 2 floppies to PC?

["Rick Kerman" <rkerman@mail.bright.net>]

wslboyer@umich.edu wrote in message
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>I've a friend who just got a PC who has been writing stories on an Apple
>2 (e, I think) for a long time.  Is there any way for the PC to read in
>text files he has saved on the apple?


The disk recording methods are pretty much incompatible at a basic
level, so most methods involve squirting the data through a serial cable
between the two computers.

If your friend has a Super Serial compatible card in his Apple, a
package called "CrossWorks" does a pretty good job (if you can
find it).  It includes a serial cable and software for both computers
that does conversion of several common file types.

Or, if the files are in ASCII format, you can use a terminal program
with file transfer protocol, like ProTerm.

Rick Kerman <rkerman@mail.bright.net>
http://www.bright.net/~rkerman