Re: Apple -> PC xfers

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"Greg J. Buchner" <buchner@tcfreenet.org> wrote:

>Rubywand wrote:
>
>> Martin Gruen writes ...
>> > or
>> > can this only be done with an appletalk setup?
>>  ....
>> 
>>      No. In fact, there are Apple II users who fervently wish AppleTalk had
>> never gotten anywhere near the GS. It is the perfect example of a system
which
>> is far more bother than it's worth.
>
>Really?  Why?  I use it all the time and it's much less of a bother
>that copying to a floppy and then copying from a floppy.  Which gets to 
>be really difficult when you download something larger than 800K.
>
>I'd probably use my GS less if it wasn't for Appletalk.

You must remember than Rubywand and myself are Win 95/98 users.
I used to think that way myself until I saw an AppleTalked IIGS.
Now I think AppleTalk is useful for transfering files to and from a
Mac and that it is certainly better than null-modem.

HOWEVER, I do not think AppleTalking to a Mac's hard drive can
replace a hard drive dedicated for the IIGS.  The speed, while
much faster than a null-modem, is still painfully slow.  Like that of a
3.5" disk drive.

I use Zip disks to do my transfers and find that this method is the
most pleasant.  I would rank the methods as follows:

1 = best, 2=next best, 3=worst

1. Zip disk
2. AppleTalk
3. Null-modem or floppy disk.