Re: How to read old Apple floppies on Mac?

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In article <9ft4j4$n3i$1@venus.itns.co.za>,
 Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.za> wrote:

There is a much better way. Find somebody who has a 5.25 " mac/apple 
floppy drive.


> This can definitely be done using a Linux box and an Apple Super Serial card.
> Use a null modem cable between the machines. Use Proterm to log into the 
> Linux
> boxS to send files in Zmodem. If the files are anything vaguely near text 
> files
> my Linux box reads them. This way In can also back my Apple files up on the
> DC6000 SCSI tape in my Linux box.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 24 May 2001 17:23:42 GMT, Ted Shoemaker wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > My parents had either an Apple ][e or ][+ (sorry, I forget which).
> > On that machine, they generated a lot of files,
> > which are saved on 5 1/4 inch floppies.
> > Is there a way to read those files now?
> >
> > (I don't care whether the new machine reading it is a Mac or PC;
> > whether the operating system is Mac, Windows, Linux, BeOS, or DOS.
> > Can someone tell me how to do this?)
> >
> > Note:  Someone might, "Just print the files out, and then scan the paper
> > copy." But since the Apple's printer in a dot-matrix, that solution doesn't
> > work.
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> >
> > Ted Shoemaker
> > shoes6@juno.com