Re: A cheap, easy PC to apple transfer idea

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <33cf782d.0@news1.ibm.net>,  <wshek@ibm.net  > wrote:
>If interested in another approach that doesn't require cables or
>transfer software send me an Email and I'll descibe it so as not to
>bore others.

   Hate to burst your bubble, but transfer via 3.5" disks is hardly
new... The FAQs have mentioned it for years.

>My idea requires 3 1/2 disks (I know IIe has a controller not sure
>about earlier) and a Mac with a superdrive ie. high density FDHD

   Nope, the //e does not have any drive controllers by default, but
you can essentially guarantee that there's a 5.25" drive on the
system.  [If they don't have that, this was probably rescued from a
dumpster or something like that.] You could add a 3.5" drive to the
//e, but in real world experience, I don't think more than 20% of //es
have these. (Most power users would tend to have them, but schools and
basic users sure wouldn't)

   The GS does have a 3.5" controller builtin, and it's fairly
reasonable to expect a 3.5" drive in the system. However, not everyone
with an Apple II has a GS.

Nathan Mates


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