Re: ProDOS diskreader for PC?

[ChemSleuth@earthlink.net (Dennis Doms)]

In article <35AFE4CB.EBA41D89@swbell.net>, Rubywand
<rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>jrogers@asis.com writes ...
>> 
>> I am charged with converting an Appleworks database to a Win95
>> database format.  I can't read the disk.  Someone one on another list
>> mentioned using kermit and a serial or null modem connection to make
>> the transfer (hoping there is mostly ascii text in the file...).

[snip]

>> Is there one for a
>> MAC?  From Mac to PC is not a problem.  Can any Mac drives read ProDOS
>> disks?
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>     Yes.
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>Rubywand

If it's a 3.5" ProDOS disk, nearly any Mac can read it. Some Mac
programs (such as ClarisWorks) may include translators to import the
AppleWorks file and save it into a PC compatible data format, and
there's DataViz's translator package as well.

[And covering the less friendly possibility...]

If it's a 5.25" disk, you're pretty much stuck with finding an Apple
II and using the serial transfer method (or moving it to a 3.5, then
to the Mac) or finding an Apple II hardware emulator for your host
computer (e.g. a TrakStar for a PC or an Apple IIe Card for a Mac LC)
that includes an Apple II drive. The GCR recording method used by the
Apple II 5.25 is incompatible with PC drives (the double-density 800K
3.5 format is also incompatible with PC drives, but the Mac 800K and
"SuperDrive" 3.5 drives can handle it, and the SuperDrive can also
read and write common PC 3.5 disk formats).

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