Re: Disk images: from //e to Mac via PC?

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

S Robson wrote:
> 
> Perhaps this is in the FAQ, which I don't see here right now, but...
> 
> I've got boxes and boxes of 5.25" disks filled with old Apple //e data on
> them. Before they go bad and all my old work is lost forever, I want to
> transfer them to my Mac so I can keep them around and work with them under
> emulation. I'd rather not futz with a null modem connection because of
> space constraints, the sheer number of disks I want to process, &c.
> 
> However, a possible solution just moved in last month: a housemate who
> owns a Wintel box with both 5.25" and 3.5" floppy drives. Now, before she
> swaps out that old floppy drive for a $50 32x CD-ROM reader, I'd like to
> use the PC to read my 5.25" disks and write them to DOS-formatted
> high-density floppies in a disk image format that the Mac-based Apple ][
> emulators will understand. Anyone know of a pertinent PC util that can do
> that?
> 
> TIA,
> Seth.
IF you have some storage medium greater than 5.25" disks (hard drive,
3.5" disk drive RAM disk > 143K) just use one of the utilities available
to make disk images on the Apple. Then, if you have the 3.5" disk drive,
seaker net the disk over to a Mac. If you have anything other than a
3.5" disk drive, you'll have to null-modem it over. In the latter case,
there still is no reason to use the PC at all, unless there is a
physical problem of wireing the machines. Post if you need more info,
but check the FAQs first (hint).
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