Re: Apple IIe to iMac communication-- Appleworks

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

ajrbourgeois@my-deja.com writes ...
> 
> Hello Apple II friends from France.
> 
> I just install my (new) iMac... nobody is
> perfect!... but I want continue using my (old
> - since 1983!) Apple IIe; never crash, never
> hardware nor software problem... that was the
> paradise but for exploring the web and make a
> book from information I have collected since 1986
> with AppleWorks 1.3.
> I need now to import the AWP files from my
> Apple IIe to my iMac.
> So, you'll find on the right my Apple IIe
> equipped with two "Apple Disk II drives" and
> an "Apple II Super Serial Card" (with a DB25
> connector). On the left my (brand new) iMac.
> 
> Problem:
>   How can I import my AppleWorks 1.3 files from
>   the Apple IIe (ProDOS) to the iMac (MacOS 8.6
>   and AppleWorks 5)?
> 
> Has someone THE answer to this worrying question?
> 
 ....

     Using a NULL modem connection, moving files A2-->Mac should be fairly
easy. (See http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html .)

     I do not know if any changes are required to get Appleworks v1.3 files
working with Mac Appleworks 5. My guess is that database files will almost
certainly not be compatible.

     You may need to first save the stuff you want to transfer as Text files on
your Apple II system. Then, transfer the files and import them into Mac
Appleworks 5. Someone on comp.sys.apple2 (where this is being cross-posted)
should know much more about any necessary conversions.



Rubywand