Re: II->PC

[treiter@comet.net (Toby Reiter)]

In article <96073020120410252@att.org>, saul.schwartz@att.org (Saul
Schwartz) wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have an apple IIGS at home and a PC at work. I have programs like
> Crossworks (for the apple) and Conversons + for the pc to convert files
> on my pc once I get them there. The problem is physically getting the
> file from my II to the pc. Up til now I have been uploading them
> (individually) to my local BBS from my II and then downloading them to
> my pc.
This is a very standard way of doing this--the one that the majority of
Apple II'ers use.
> 1) First of all, is there some program that will take my apple files and
> ZIP them so I can combine them for one upload. Then I would UNZIP them
> on my pc. If so where can I get it?
There certainly is. Download pmpunzip.shk from
ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple16/Comm/utils and unshrink with GSHK
or Shrink-it.  This can both zip and unzip files.
> 2) Is there some way I can get my IIGS to write files on a pc disk or
> even a high density Mac disk?
There are several ways.
1) Get a Superdrive controller and a superdrive.  This can read 1.44
megabyte floppies, and with the MS-DOS FST from System 6.0.1 you can do
read and write (I believe). If the FST cannot do write (I don't remember
now) you can download MSDOS.shk which contains read and write tools for
use with this drive. They only work under a shell environment like GNO,
however. Major problem:  Apple II Superdrive controllers are extremely
rare (as well as expensive).

2) Get a PC Transporter and attach you Apple 3.5" drive. I don't know a
whole lot about how this works, but it should be able to do both read and
write.  Major problem: have heard stories about floppy drive being
extremely slow.

3) Buy a Bluedisk controller card which allows you to attach IBM style
drives to your computer, and includes special drivers and recognition of
all PC disk formats (including Windows 95). Allows for both 1.44 megabyte
and 2.88 megabyte disks.  Major problem: relatively expensive, not sure of
performance in non-Apple guidlines type programs
> Thanks,
> Saul Schwartz
> schwartz@att.org