Re: Converting files from Apple II to MAC?

[ratinox@denali.ccs.neu.edu (Richard Pieri)]

>>>>> "Alex" == Alex <aardalic@flash.pax.tpa.com.au> writes:

Alex> Well first, I hope 5.5 is a mistake :) The bigins are 5.25.
Alex> I can't see that working, the only 5.25 drives I've ever seen on Macs is
Alex> around when the SE came out, and a extra board had to be inserted to
Alex> handle the drive. In other words......no. :)

This is untrue! The boards was to read/write MS-DOS formatted 5.25"
floppies. Conversely, these board/drive combinations were unable to read
ProDOS disks.

All you need is an Apple ][ compatable 5.25" drive that has a 19-pin "D"
connector, plug it into the external disk port, fire up your File Exchange,
and you're set.

Actually, that's not totally true, either. See, AFX will only handle ProDOS
formatted disks; if they're DOS 3.3 or earlier, you're stuck unless you can
find a ][ around somewhere to transfer from DOS 3.3 to ProDOS (this utility
comes with ProDOS).

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