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Re: Apple IIGS PC disk access idea....
- Subject: Re: Apple IIGS PC disk access idea....
- From: "John King" <joki@eskimo.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 14:54:25 -0700
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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"Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net> wrote in message
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> expedient approach would be to pick up a compact Mac with a SuperDrive (SE
> FDHD, SE/30, Classic, Classic II, Color Classic) and use that to transfer
> stuff from MS-DOS disks to 800K ProDos disks, then to your IIgs.
> -Paul
Ditto to the above. PC<->Mac Classic II< -> 800k Floppy (Prodos or HFS)
Solves the problem of transfer and shifts the 'limiting factor' to how fast
Shrinkit IIgs works :-)
If you have a IIgs SCSI card you can connect a removable drive like an old
SyQuest. Get one for both the Mac and the Apple and you'll have plenty of
transfer bandwidth.