Re: How to read old Apple floppies on Mac?

["Steve W. Jackson" <steve.w.jackson@mindspring.com>]

In article <1etxtsl.1tkof7lpz54jkN%perynoid@oklahoma.net>,
 perynoid@oklahoma.net (Perry Noid) wrote:

:> Ted Shoemaker <nospam@newsranger.com> 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...
:> 
:> i vaguely remember hearing about some old PC utility to read 5 1/4 Apple
:> disks, but you'd have to ask some old PC fellas in a PC newsgroup about
:> that.

For the timeframe this pertains to, there was never such a utility.  The 
differences between the disks was hardware, not just format of the 
floppies.  I can't recall the specific names of the hardware mechanisms 
or encoding or whatever it was, but they were not compatible.  The later 
3.5 Apple drives did read both formats.

:> 
:> 
:> Any Macintosh with a 3 1/2 drive is supposed to be able to read an Apple
:> ][ Prodos 3 1/2 disk; Can you could transfer them to 3 1/2 floppies??
:> 
:> 
:> Or, is there a way to e-mail the files to yourself??
:> 
:> 
:> You should scold them harshly for not converting to the newer formats a
:> long time ago :O/

Hey -- they're the OP's parents.  Let's not be too harsh.  :-)

= Steve =

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