Re: File transfer

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Joe Serrano writes ...
> 
> I have a ton of files written in various forms of Apple-eze.
> I'd like to transfer some to an IBM computer.  Is there some
> sort of Utilities program that would allow me to run Apple disks
> on a DOS 6 system????
 ....

     No. There is no software-only way to use your Apple II disks on a PC.

     Your main options are ...

1. Get a Trackstar E board for your PC. Plug in a Disk ][ drive and a composite
monitor and you will have an enhanced //e sitting inside your PC which can
access your 5.25" diskettes. You will also have a virtual hard disk for your //e
and be able to move files to/from the PC-- e.g. you can download files with your
PC and transfer them to your //e.

2. Download an Apple II emulator such as AppleWin to your PC. Transfer your
Apple II 5.25" disks using ADT to convert them to dsk files (virtual disks)
which you can use on the emulator.

3. If your stuff consists of word processor and similar data files, you might
transfer you files to the PC using a NULL modem connection or a transfer package
such as CrossWorks. In some cases it may be best to convert the files (e.g. to
Text) on your Apple II first, especially if you go for the plain NULL modem
transfer approach. Crossworks will do conversions for many popular formats it
transfers. For more about file transfers see the Apple II FAQs (file:
Csa2T1TCOM.txt) on one of the host sites:

Pure Text on Ground, MIT, and Utrecht
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/
  ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/apple2/faq/
  http://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/apple2/faq/

Line-length formatted Text on the Florida and USA2WUG 
  ftp://24.96.48.134:6502/Cabi_Archives/FAQs.and.INFO/A2.Csa2.FAQs/
  http://www.grin.net/~cturley/A2.FAQs.and.INFO/CSA2.FAQs/

HTML web site versions on II Computing and Help Page
  http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html
  http://members.xoom.com/apple_II/faqs.html (under construction)



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