Re: Is an apple 3.5 disk to USB converter available? Where?

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On Mar 28, 10:30 pm, Don Lancaster <d...@tinaja.com> wrote:
> If not, what is the simplest way to transfer files on thousands of IIe
> disks?

1)sit at apple II computer
2)put disk in drive
3)press return a few times to get through ADT menus (or any of the
other Disk to DSK utilities)
4)wait 30 seconds for floppy to be converted to DSK
5)goto #2

you say thousands.  Ok, I'll assume 2000 disks.

that would be 16 hours STRAIGHT with no breaks for 30 seconds a floppy
and 2000 disks.  16 hours of watching a progress bar as the disk is
converted.

by the time you're done, you'll have carpal tunnel or die of boredom.

this is a BIG job to do.  I don't think hardware is going to solve
your problem, unless you make a robot arm to pick a disk out of the
box, stick it in the drive, close the drive, and press the buttons
required to get through the menus.  then open the drive, remove disk,
put in "DONE" pile, and on to the next disk.

there's a bunch of human labor involved in converting many disks to
images, no matter what kind of hardware you have (unless you have the
robot!)


Rich