Re: Parallel file transfer?

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"Geoff Grinton" <ggrinton@mira.net> wrote:

>I need to transfer some very old files from my sister's Apple II to her
>newer PC.
>
>Although the FAQ has details of using a serial connection to transfer files
>from an  Apple II to a PC, this machine does not have a serial port.
>
>It occurs to me that I could send the files out the printer port (they are
>text type files), and into the PC, *IF* I were able to capture them on the
>parallel port of the PC.

I don't think this is possible because there are no bidirectional parallel
interfaces for the Apple II.  The only possible way is MAYBE a
bidirectional serial to parallel converter.

Regular Apple II parallel cards are output only...so if you "print" to the
Wintel, the Wintel normally can take a chunk of info but then must pause
for some usec to process the data...in products like LapLink, the
Wintel sends a sinal back through the parallel cable to the other computer
telling it to pause the transfer for a while.  This can't happen if the
Apple II is that other computer...the Apple II will swamp the Wintel...