Re: DOS 3.3 to Mac transfer

[Dennis Jenkins <dennis@usb.com>]

You can refer to the thread in this group titled "Moving files from
ProDos to Dos", but just tell the software to go the other direction. 
In short, there is a prodos program on the prodos master disk that can
transfer files from dos3.3 <-> prodos.

Ken Brooks wrote:
> 
> I picked up an old IIgs because it has a 3 1/2 floppy drive and a 5 1/4
> as well.  Aha!  I said, just the hardware I need to transfer all my old
> Apple II programs onto modern (Mac) systems, thence to CD and keep
> accessible forever.  And, hopefully, run on emulators.
> 
> I just spent 3 hours dusting off and bringing up the system.  It boots
> from the 5 1/4 just fine, comes up acting like an Apple IIe.  It boots
> from the 3 1/2 just fine, comes up in "Finder", reminiscent of the
> oldest Mac I ever owned.
> 
> So I try the transfer.  BUT NO!  When I put in my old DOS 3.3 formatted
> floppy, it says, "This diskette was formatted for another operating
> system and can't be read.  Eject?  Initialize?"
> 
> This is Finder 1.2, vintage 1988.  So I'm wondering, is there ANY
> version of ANY operating system that will run on a IIgs and let me
> transfer old DOS 3.3 disks onto 3 1/2 inch PRODOS format floppies?
> 
> (Apart from that I guess I'll have to stick a modem on the IIgs and use
> XModem or something to transfer files to a modern system.  Please say
> it isn't so!)
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken

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