Re: ProDOS to Apple Pascal file transfer

[Steven Nelson <steven-nelson@uiowa.edu>]

On Apr 18, 4:15 pm, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article
> <d4c65254-ab13-4e2b-9b11-0e3003b47...@g30g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,
>  Steven Nelson <steven-nel...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
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> > On Apr 18, 9:13 am, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <1502230f-6a61-4f08-997e-9237cfe0f...@i25g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
> > >  Steven Nelson <steven-nel...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
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> > > > I downloaded some dsk images of Pascal disks from the internet.  I
> > > > would like to copy these .dsk files to 3.5" Pascal disks.  I thought I
> > > > could do this using Chameleon, but it doesn't work.  Error msg is
> > > > something like 'Unsupported file' or somesuch.  I can't think of any
> > > > other method except for perhaps writing the .dsk file to a real 5.25
> > > > disk and reading that disk back into a pascal volume image.  There
> > > > must be an easier way, I hope.
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> > > > How can I transfer a file from ProDOS to an Apple Pascal disk?
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> > > On the Apple II side, real or emulated, Apple System Utilities 3.1 can
> > > copy Pascal files between 5.25 and 3.5" media. In emulation, CiderPress
> > > and AppleCommander are popular choices:
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> > > <http://ciderpress.sourceforge.net/>
> > > <http://applecommander.sourceforge.net/>
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> > Thanks for suggestion.  System Utilities 3.1 won't copy the files
> > either.  'Incompatible file type'.  I have checked on the pdos disk
> > that the files are 'standard' storage type and there are no resource
> > forks, so that is not the problem.  I have set the file type to 'bin'
> > using Bill Tudors 'MoreInfo' finder extension.  I have tried 'txt' too
> > but that doesn't work either.  The help menu on SysUtils mentions
> > copying files between pdos and dos33, nothing about pdos and pascal.
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> I recently used System Utilities 3.1 to copy formatter.code from a 5.25"
> disk image to my 3.5" work disk.
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> > Since my Apple][ peripherals are Macintosh OSX and Macintosh OS9 I
> > don't think ciderpress will help (Windows only?) and I am unfamiliar
> > with applecommander (aren't you the author?).  I need to get this onto
> > a real Pascal disk and I don't know if OS9 can tolerate a pascal
> > disk.  OSX is out for me as far as floppies.    Will AppleCommander
> > help?  I don't think any emulator will help me get this onto a real
> > disk.
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> If you can link to the images, I'd be glad to see what AppleCommander
> makes of them. I use it and System Utilities 3.1 frequently to copy
> files from 5.25" disk images to 3.5" disk images.
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> Years ago, I had a PowerMac 8500 that could read/write the same 800K
> 3.5" disks used by my IIgs. I'd have to defer to the hardy souls here on
> how to do it today.
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> --
> John B. Matthews
> trashgod at gmail dot com
> <http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

It is coming back to haunt you ;-)
> On Apr 5, 4:35 pm, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> That disk is here:http://wac.callapple.org/soft/pascal/P06.DSK

Actually, it is all those disks.  I downloaded all 30 or whatever.  I
just wanted to look at the files and see what was interesting.  I
thought that perhaps the diskmount/sub-volume manager could handle
the .dsk files just like it does pascal volume images.  Not quite
working yet.  I haven't used Apple Pascal in 20 years so I am enjoying
trying it again.

So far I am only using 4 computers.  An iMacG4(osx) to download
files.  A PPC6500(os9) to move files to/from iMac and serve as file
server to IIGS which copies files to/from pdos and pascal 3.5 disks.
And then another IIGS booted into Pascal from 3.5 disk.
My other IIGS with superdrives is on standby.  2 of 3 GSes boot from
CFFA cards, but I haven't tried putting Pascal on a cf card yet.  Need
to find a small one.

  --Steve