Re: Just got //e...how do I transfer stuff over to it?

[e p chandler <epc8@juno.com>]

On Dec 7, 8:02 pm, Xerxes409 <colin_to...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I just inherited a //e and am looking forward to reliving my fancy-
> free days of eight-bit youth on it. I have an Apple IIgs, but alas, it
> is at my parents' house on the other side of the continent, so I am
> wondering if there are any nice hacks that will let me link a serial
> cable to it from my PC and transfer over .DSK or .PO disk images.
>
> The thing is, I know how to do a lot of that stuff on the IIgs, but I
> have no idea what 8-bit utilities are available that would let me do
> the same thing.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!

Yes, ADTPro will transfer disk images back and forth from PC to 2e.
see http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/

There are many disk images here: http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/

I find it easiest to work on an Apple 2e emulator on my pc  see
http://applewin.berlios.de/. (AppleWin)

Finally, this is a fantastic utility for moving files between disk
images and to and from PC land http://sourceforge.net/projects/ciderpress/.

In addition, AppleWIn emulates a z80-softcard so you can run CP/M
software too on the PC.

Bootstrapping a 2e is easy with a super-serial card and serial cable.
You first transfer parts of a "dos" disk or a pro-dos disk and create
a boot disk. Then you can boot the OS on the 2e and transfer disk
images.

Lastly some regulars here do cross development for the Apple 2 on a PC
system. There are several versions of 'C' hosted on MS-DOS/WIndows
that will produce files for the Apple 2 (or Commodore 64 or other
targets). Cross assembling to 65xx code is also possible on the PC.

I like developing on an emulator. AppleWIn gives me ~120 MHz processor
speed, easy import / export of files, almost unlimited floppy disk
storage and 32 MB  Prodos 8 hard disks.

Have fun. You will find playing with the Apple an enourmous time sink!

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