Re: IIGS software(Apple IIe) to Mac?

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"Barbara Gallegos" <babsbag@earthlink.net> wrote:

>I would like to be able to copy and use programs from 5.25" floppies used
>with Apple IIe and IIGS to a Mac plus, SE, or Classic. Is there any easy way
>to do this or can it be done at all? I tried file exchange to read the IIGS
>system disk and I evidently don't have the PROdos translator, because all I
>get on my menu bar is a Mac to Mac translation option. Am I missing
>something here or what? Any help or ideas would be great.

Programs, no (NOT WITH A PLUS, SE, OR CLASSIC AT LEAST).

Data, yes.

How?  Get System 6.0.1 for the IIGS (preinstalled on the Focus
hard drive from http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech Electronics).  Use
IIGS Finder to format an HFS (standard Mac) 800k disk.  COPY
the data files from the 5.25" volume TO the 3.5" HFS volume.

Now just stick the disk in the Mac and read the data files.

Text files work fine.  AppleWorks files work too (can be
imported into Microsoft Works, for example).  With IIGS
programs, you can save "print to postcript" files and open
them or print them on the Mac.  Sound and TrueType
files can also work.  May need some editing of file types
on Mac side.