Re: Profile Hard Drive Question

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Peter E. Clark <pclark@kcnet.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the information.
> 
> I am trying to figure out a way to connect my profile to my //gs or //e and
> my /// to transfer files bigger than 140k between them.  The obvious ways,
> direct cable, or compressed  files are a problem as I have no comm. software
> or compression/decompression programs for my ///.

You _might_ be able to use IIPLUS.UNSHRINK and IIPLUS.SHRINKIT on the
///, in ][+ emulation mode.  The catch: you will have to use ProDOS 1.0
or 1.0.1, and this all depends on whether these programs can deal with
less than 48K of available main memory (ProDOS will live in the top of
the 48K memory area).


Icky solution: write a simple program in whatever language(s) you have
available on the /// to split files into small enough chunks that they
will fit on a floppy.  Also write a corresponding join program.

Do the same in Applesoft BASIC on the //gs or //e (it is reasonably easy
to do this with the ProDOS BASIC BLOAD/BSAVE commands).

You would then need to use multiple disks to hold all the segments.


The best option would be to get comms software of some kind for the ///.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand