Re: Ap2222pc question

[phoenyx <phoenyx@texas.net>]

Chris wrote:

> >If you've got a cable, just use ADT and transfer one of the
> >Dos 3.3 master images from the net. Standard disks are 35
> >tracks but many publishers used non-standard formats, thus
> >.NIB files were used to store them. .PO is a slightly different
> >format (supposed to be anyway) from .DSK where .DSK is
> >considered to be the standard. You will find mostly the .dsk
> >images on the net.
>
> Ap2222pc uses a different type of cable, between the parallel port of
> the PC and the game port of the Apple (16 pin DIP type).  You hook up
> the cable, boot with a Dos disk, enter a few lines of assembly code
> and then it creates an Apple disk for you to use in future sessions.
> No dip switch configuration, no additional terminal software, no speed
> settings, etc.
>
> But anyway, thanks for the info on the disk formats.  I understood
> that the disks were done differently somehow, but was unclear on
> whether or not the different formats had different numbers of tracks.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Chris

That's the same as Apple Oasis then. It has some nice utilities
which support this connection. One is a disk Server which
allows storage on a PC hard drive in A4W format, I'm not
sure about HDV format though, since my //c doesn't have the
right connector. If you try it it has a type in program for the II
located in the help file.

Phoenyx