Re: Apple IIe Master Disk

[mirageeso@aol.com (MirageESO)]

In article <3AA59EA1.CFA0A897@inetnebr.com>, Roy and/or Janet Miller
<millers@inetnebr.com> writes:

>The short answer, Drew, is no. Unless you have special card that emulates a
>II, and has a II floppy drive attached to it. The card is rare, and though I
>have one, off the top of my head I can't remember the name of it.
>
>Roy
>
>Drew wrote:
>
>> I am totally new to apple II computers.  I have a teacher who needs a
>> "Master Disk."  I have an older 286 running DOS 5.0 with a 5 1/4" floppy
>> drive.  Is there any way I can get this 286 (compaq) to make an apple IIe
>> system "Master Disk"?
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Drew
>

There may be a round about way to get a Master disk to the Apple.  If the Apple
has a Super Serial card in it, you could use a null modem cable and the program
ADT 1.22 and transfer a disk image from the PC to the Apple.  I am thinking
that one of the "master" images from ftp.apple.asimov.net site might provide
the Apple operating system you are looking for (DOS 3.3, ProDOS, etc....)

BTW: The Apple 5.25" drive and the IBM compatable 5.25" drives use totally
different and incompatable hardware to write and read from the floppy.  There
is no way to make these drives make a cross platform (Apple<->IBM) floppy.

Hope this helps!

John in Stillwater (Cleaning Apples and archiving Apple software to my PC)