Re: Disk image via PC-transporter

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bluphoenyx@aol.com (BluPhoenyx) wrote:

>Again, ADT comes to the rescue. Of course you will need a null modem hookup
but
>ADT will transfer dsk files either way. If that doesn't work things get
harder.
>There isn't any program I've heard of which will translate the files once they
>are on the apple. Yoy might try an emulator on the PC transporter, but the
only
>one I'm aware of which works on the older 8088/8086 systems is AppleUni. A 40
>column 64k emulator. It does support CGA video systems though. If you go this
>route, make a shrinkit disk archive of the disk then transfer it via the PC
>transporter utilities and un-shrink it back to a disk.

The PC Transporter does not have enough horsepower to run an emulator
(as if an emulator running on an emulator is not a crazy idea ;-)

It is only a Turbo XT.  I've tried to run an old II+ emulator on it before and
you can literally sit around watching the graphics redraw.

Turbo XT mode on the PCT is much slower at decoding JPGs and
unZipping files than native IIGS mode (without acceleration), but it may be
somewhat faster than a real XT.  (I can no longer use my PCT, but I do have
a real XT and the PCT's Turbo does speed things up somewhat).

ADT will not work either.  You have to realize that the PCT is not
entirely a hardware emulator.  All the I/O functions are handled by
the IIGS' CPU, so ADT won't have anything to talk to!

The real solution is to use the PCT's TRANSFER.EXE program to
transfer a 3.5" disk full of disk images from MS-DOS to ProDOS and
then in ProDOS, use the DSK2FILE program to convert the disk
images back to real disks.

Description here:

http://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/Dsk2File55info.txt

Download program here:

http://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/Dsk2File55.SHK

This will also be a lot faster than ADT.