Re: Accessing floppies on II emulator

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Monleone Ricardo writes ...
> 
> I have lots of old Apple II software around, all of them are on 5 1/4"
> floppies.
> 
> I would like run some of that software on an PC-based Apple II
> (software) emulator (e.g. apl24win.exe).
> 
> My problem is: how can I read those 5 1/4" floppies into my II emulator?
> What software is needed in order to use the 5 1/4" floppy drive (1.2MB)
> of the PC to read those old Apple II disks ?
 ....

     There is no PC software that will let you read Apple II 5.25" diskettes
on a PC. There are 2-3 boards you could plug in; but, they are relatively
hard to find; and, you would need to add a compatible 5.25" drive.

     As Phoenyx suggests, checking the major archives of Apple II software on
disk images could save some time. Asimov has the largest collection-- see
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/ .

     If there are diskettes you want to transfer, you can use ADT v1.22
running on an Apple II equipped with a Super Serial Card. This will let you
transfer non-copy protected 5.25" diskettes to your PC (where they will
arrive as .dsk disk image files).  For information about using ADT, see
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html#003 .




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