Re: Transferrings Apple2e files to IBM, How????

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

SaundraB (saundrab@aol.com) wrote:
: I typed a 900 page book on the Apple2e computer using the AppleWorks
: program.  I have since bought an IBM computer and would like to transfer
: the files to this format.   How do I do this?  I don't see an ASCII format
: in the AppleWorks program that came with the computer.   Did I miss
: something?   

Sort of...To save an Appleworks file as an ASCII file, you need to [P]rint
the file.  When prompted for the printer, the last option on the print
menu should be "a text (ASCII) file on disk."  Select that option, and you
will be asked for the file's "COMPLETE Pathname".  That is the name of the
file you want to be created, including the disk name.  For example, to
save the file "Chapter.3" in the directory "Part.1" on a disk called
"My.Stuff" you would type...

/MY.STUFF/PART.1/CHAPTER.3
and Appleworks would dutifully create the file.  Then, you can use a
null-modem cable and a pair of communication programs on the ][e and on
the PC to transfer the TXT versions of the files.  Or you can upload the
files to another machine, then download to the PC.  Or any number of other
options...one of the easiest involves 3.5" disks and access to a Macintosh.

: Second question:   Can an Apple2e computer be enhanced, upgraded?  If so,
: how?   I have children that want to use it.

How upgraded do you want?  The ][e does have an official enhancement,
involving a replacement microprocessor and a couple of other chips, which
you may already have.  To find out, empty the disk drives and power up the
machine.  If you see "Apple //e" at the top of the screen, then you have
the enhancement.  If you see "Apple ][", then the machine is not enhanced.

Beyond that, you can get increased memory, accelerators, accelerated
microprocessors, hard driv�s, special-purpose interfaces, and lots of
other neat stuff.  What do you want to do with the computer?

--Dave Althoff, Jr.