Re: Conversion apple2 to PC

["Gary Sutton" <otter@oz.net>]

n Sun, 5 Oct 1997 08:53:36 +0100, 
Udo Huth  <udo.huth@auge.de > wrote:

>Maindec Computer Engineering <maindec@mcebrstl.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> They are stored on a number of 5.25 floppy drives along with various
>> data disks.
>> 
>> Does anyone know of a program for an IBM PC that will enable us to at
>> least read the Apple disk on an 1.2MB PC Drive.
>As the Apple disk format is in GCR encoding and the IBM PC disks are in
>MFM encoding, I don't think that software alone will help any. As I
>understand the technique, the controllers of these two formats are
>incompatible with each other... (to state it simple...)

I have pretty much given up trying to find software that will allow a 
PC to read A2 disks, but another idea springs to mind...

I also have a Commodore-128 with a pair of 1571 (double-sided) disk 
drives.  The 1571 can work with both MFM and GCR.  Also, there is a 
free utility for the 128 called Little Red Reader that lets a 128 
transfer files between Commie and PC 360K floppies...

Now, does anyone know of a utility that would let a C=128 with a 1571 
drive read and write Apple II disks?  This would be a great way to 
bridge the A2-PC gap without having to resort to null-modem cables or 
shelling out a couple hundred $$ for a Mac...

Just a thought...

--Otter