Re: For Sale: Apple II Hardware, Apple IIGS Technical Reference Manuals

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Jan 19, 12:49 pm, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Polymorph wrote:
> > On Jan 19, 9:50 am, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> baz...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>> Well I have a lot of that kind of stuff either on a hard drive here,
> >>> or on floppies. There's a bunch of stuff I wrote that never saw the
> >>> light of day. What would be the best way to get that online? Let's say
> >>> I have a couple hundred meg of stuff on a hard drive, I don't know an
> >>> easy way to get that from my GS to the net. Suggestions?
> >> My 0.02:
>
> >> First, archive it in a format that preserves forked files (gshk?).
>
> >> Then,
>
> >> a) Copy all of it to an HFS volume on a IIGS, then physically move the disk
> >> and read it on a network-connected Mac.
>
> >> or, perhaps
>
> >> b) Configure an Appletalk server (older Mac or netatalk on OS X or Linux),
> >> mount a volume and copy it over directly.
>
> >> Steve
>
> > In addition, if you can access the drive in Windows (i.e. you have a
> > SCSI controller capable of connecting your IIgs hard drive) you should
> > be able to read the partitions using Ciderpress. Or alternatively
> > transfer any GSHK files via a serial connection - admittedly this
> > might take a while depending on the size of the archive(s).
>
> Excellent point!  If someone can lend Jawaid a CFFA, it can be loaded on the
> Apple and sneaker-netted to a reader on the PC.  I've actually done this, so
> I'm not sure why it didn't occur to me.

Jawaid,

Just wondering if you had any luck (or time!) to get your old programs
off of your old IIgs? It would certainly be nice to save these items
before you sell your old hardware.

Cheers,
Mike