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Newbie questions
- Subject: Newbie questions
- From: Lord Lotek <commodore@fightthespambots.aon.at>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:14:58 +0200
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Hi, I'm new in the Apple II community. I got an Apple //c a few days ago
and I don't know very much about these computers but I've read as many
FAQs as I could. I find it most annoying that transfering data between a
PC and the Apple //c is so difficult. I understand that a standard PC
5,25" floppy disc drive cannot do the job and that even an external
Apple 3,5" drive wouldn't help (except special drives that wouldn't be
easy to find).
A null modem cable is not a suitable solution for me as I have no
experience with soldering cables.
I have a Catweasel controller card in my PC which could read and write
Apple II discs but no one seems to have written drivers for this format.
And I have a lot of Commodore drives. Is it possible to use a 1571 to
transfer disc images? I have a 1571 hooked up to my PC's parallel port
to transfer Commodore 64/128 disc images. But I know the 1571 is a
versatile drive that can handle many different formats.
Could a Macintosh help? I have plenty of 68k Macs at home but no
suitable 5,25" drive. Can I attach the Apple //c's disk drive to an
older mac's floppy disc controller?
Thank you very much!
Georg Fuchs