Re: (newbie) AppleIIc-->Mac

[Smarter%than%Spam@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

In article <5gcig2$i14@eve.enteract.com>,
 Michael E. Rubin (zooropa@enteract.com) wrote:

: In my family, we have two computers - an aging Apple IIc and a
: PowerComputing PowerBase 180 Mac clone.  My father had been using the IIc
: for years to do his spreadsheets and databases, but is finally starting to
: use ClarisWorks' equivelants.

: Basically, we're in a quandry.  We have years of Apple IIc 5.25" floppies
: with Appleworks documents (all sorts - spreadsheets, word processor docs,
: databases) and would like to be able to save them by exporting them to the
: Mac.  I know ClarisWorks has the XTND translators to convert the AppleWorks
: documents fine, so I just need to get them onto the Mac somehow.

: That's my question -- HOW?  I've read through some of the FAQs but didn't
: find anything on transferring information from an Apple IIc 5.25" floppy to
: a Mac hard drive.  The null-modem solution sounded interesting, but how
: would I get access to the information on the disks?  We don't have a second

I think you're confused about this option.  This means that you connect the
Mac and the IIc with a cable (via the modem ports) and establish a signal,
then transfer the material with a communications program protocol (e.g. Zmodem).

: disk drive or access to a 3.5" drive for the IIc, unfortunately.  If someone
: could lend me theirs and instruct me how to go about doing the transferring,
: I'd be willing to compensate in return.  I just have to get at those files
: on the disks.

This option is commonly known as "SneakerNet", since you're transferring
disks by foot.  This is not what is meant by "null modem".

You will need communication programs for both the IIc and the Mac.  You
can probably get a disk with a communication program from your local II
usergroup.  Call 1-800-SOS-APPL to get information on a local usergroup.

On the Mac side, you will need an old-style communications program; that
is, one which does not use TCP/IP (a good shareware program is ZTerm).
You can get ZTerm on the Washington University archive:
     http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/mac/info-mac/comm/

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