Re: How to transfer 3.5 image back to a real disk

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Rob <roberta@inreach.com> wrote:

>Hi all,
>I finally resurrected my IIgs after several years sitting in boxes in
>the garage.  I found that some of my 3.5" diskettes didn't survive too
>well after sitting around for so long in a hot garage although, oddly
>enough, all my 5.25" floppies still work fine.  Most notable were the
>Marble Madness GS and PrintShop GS diskettes that were crushed.
>
>Anyway, I was able to locate and download some images of these disks but
>just how do I transfer the images from my PC back to IIgs 3.5 diskettes?
>I don't have access to a Mac so copying the image to a Mac disk is not a
>real option.  I know I'll need to use a serial null modem cable but I
>could use some help on the actual steps, commands, programs, etc. needed
>to accomplish the transfer.  The images I found contained the .SHK
>extension.

What you have are probably Apple IIGS ShrinkIt GS archives.
The program you need is ShrinkIt GS.  As for transferring the
archives to the IIGS, the easiest way is by disk.  The Apple IIGS
can read MS-DOS disks with the right drive.  For example, I use
the Iomega ZipDrive.  It lets me transfer 100MB of stuff over
at a time and sometimes I use it to transfer in the reverse, from the
IIGS to the Win PC.  If you can find a 1.44MB SuperDrive for
the IIGS plus its controller, then you can use it to read MS-DOS
disks.  Another option is ///SHH Systeme's BlueDisk controller
which lets you run cheap IBM disk drives (such as 1.44MB PC
floppy drives) on your IIGS.  The SCSI Flopitcal drive also
works on the IIGS.  Flopticals can take 21MB disks as well as
1.44MB ones, but since this is a dead format, Mac and Win users
are throwing them out and you are likely to find cheap ones on
the used market for a few bucks.  Excellent additions to the IIGS
for transfer purposes.

Just some ideas.  I know you are probably going to try the null
modem approach, but I just wanted to let you know that there
are alternatives.  I'm sure others will fill you in on the cable
approach.