Re: Apple IIgs serial port <-> PC interface

["Laine Houghton" <laine@@@intergate.com>]

Stephen,
bob may well take you up on the offer to create a disk.

My initial thought to him was to hold the '8' key down while he powered up
the //gs .
That would give him a //e. He could then follow the instructions for the ADT
dump stuff.
If memory serves that requires a DOS 3.3 formatted disk and I suspect that
will be a problem for him.

My thought was to create a dump init. A good thought but reserved for
another person.

I took to 3.3 with great understanding and fought ProDos for a long time.
Somewhere that switched and 3.3 is a struggle.


The sad truth, not my problem, nor my ability to easily solve.


> If you need someone to do the actual transfer, I'd be glad to if you send
me
> the disks.... From personal experience, the Zip 250 drive or a  1 GB Jaz
> drive would be easiest, but you need an SCSI card on the GS and a Belkin
USB
> to SCSI adapter cable on the PC.....
>
> .----- Original Message -----
>
> "pszBob" <pszBob@[DONTSENDSPAM]hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:QQhwa.4642$6P6.85277@twister.socal.rr.com...
> > I have a bare Apple IIgs. No manual, no hard drive, no cards (except a
> > memory expander). I have a 5.25" and a 3.5" floppy drive, but no Mac to
> > write the disks. I know the gs has a builtin serial port, though. How do
I
> > make a connecion between the serial port and a PC serial/parallel port
and
> > use something like ADT to transfer?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >     pszBob