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Re: Data Preservation

Oldbitcollector <jeffledger@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'd also suggest using Appletalk to get the image to the IIgs.  Once
>> there you can use Sheppy's Diskmaker to create your disks or my
>> program, Diskmaker 8 if you are only running in 8-bit mode.
> 
> Appletalk on the GS has proven to be a bit painful, so I took another
> approach...  Built a GSserial<-->RS232 cable, attached a null modem
> and transfered Diskmaker to the ramdisk using Xmodem.
> I'm transferring my game image as I write this at 19200.
> At around 8mins per image transfer time, I'm remind how slow things
> were in the 80's ... :)

That's the one really compelling thing about AppleTalk -- 238Kbps instead
of 19Kbps.

Doesn't really compare to walking your SCSI drive to the next room, but
it'll do in a pinch. :-)

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