Re: Transferrings Apple2e files to IBM, How????

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Dave Althoff (dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
: SaundraB (saundrab@aol.com) wrote:
: : I typed a 900 page book on the Apple2e computer using the AppleWorks
: : program.  I have since bought an IBM computer and would like to transfer
: : the files to this format.   How do I do this?  I don't see an ASCII format
: : in the AppleWorks program that came with the computer.   Did I miss
: : something?   

: Sort of...To save an Appleworks file as an ASCII file, you need to [P]rint
: the file.  When prompted for the printer, the last option on the print
: menu should be "a text (ASCII) file on disk."  Select that option, and you
: will be asked for the file's "COMPLETE Pathname".  That is the name of the
: file you want to be created, including the disk name.  For example, to
: save the file "Chapter.3" in the directory "Part.1" on a disk called
: "My.Stuff" you would type...

: /MY.STUFF/PART.1/CHAPTER.3
: and Appleworks would dutifully create the file.  Then, you can use a
: null-modem cable and a pair of communication programs on the ][e and on
: the PC to transfer the TXT versions of the files.  Or you can upload the
: files to another machine, then download to the PC.  Or any number of other
: options...one of the easiest involves 3.5" disks and access to a Macintosh.

: : Second question:   Can an Apple2e computer be enhanced, upgraded?  If so,
: : how?   I have children that want to use it.

: How upgraded do you want?  The ][e does have an official enhancement,
: involving a replacement microprocessor and a couple of other chips, which
: you may already have.  To find out, empty the disk drives and power up the
: machine.  If you see "Apple //e" at the top of the screen, then you have
: the enhancement.  If you see "Apple ][", then the machine is not enhanced.

: Beyond that, you can get increased memory, accelerators, accelerated
: microprocessors, hard driv�s, special-purpose interfaces, and lots of
: other neat stuff.  What do you want to do with the computer?

: --Dave Althoff, Jr.

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