Re: ProDOS to Apple Pascal file transfer

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

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:
>
> > 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.
>
> > How can I transfer a file from ProDOS to an Apple Pascal disk?
>
> 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:
>
> <http://ciderpress.sourceforge.net/>
> <http://applecommander.sourceforge.net/>
>

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.

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.

More suggestions or howto tips?

  --Steve