Re: Help! Mac, //e card, disk images, files, etc.

[dscuffha@dial.illinois.net (David M. Scuffham)]

In article <Invid-1605961644360001@ppp78.localnet.com>, Invid@localnet.com
(Invid fan) wrote:

>Hi all. I was wondering if some of you could lend me a hand for a second.
>My setup is this: I have a performa 575 with the //e card installed. I
>have a 5 1/4 drive hooked up to the card, and a 10meg prodos partition on
>my hard drive. My goal is to transfer both apple// programs and disk
>images from my mac to either floppies, or have them usable off the hard
>drive.
>
>Some of my problems:
>
>1.I have downloaded some apple files with my mac, for example
>'shrinkit.exe', but they at the moment are simpletext documents. How can I
>make it usable (ie creator type settings)?

Probably what you need to do is copy it to your ProDOS partition and from
BASIC.SYSTEM type EXEC SHRINKIT.EXE.

>2. I have the mac program ImageConverter, which can convert disk images
>into CopyII+ images, to be then transfered to floppies. CopyII+, however,
>refuses to copy the disk image from a 3.5 disk to a 5 1/4 (at least as the
>instructions to ImageConverted said it would).

? - see #3

>3. What is the procedure for transfering programs (such as Ultima V) from
>the original disks to either the hard drive or a 3.5inch disk?

Use MacADT to transfer from Mac to Apple II.  Does the //e card support
emulated serial ports?

>4. My computer refuses to copy some files (disk images) from my mac area
>to a prodos disk. Are there any restrictions I should know about?

I believe ProDOS filenames have a limit of 15 characters (someone correct
me if it's not 15), with no spaces allowed.

Dave

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