Re: Just got //e...how do I transfer stuff over to it?

[e p chandler <epc8@juno.com>]

On Dec 8, 12:11 pm, "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOOOsPAMmkal...@msn.com>
wrote:
> "e p chandler" <e...@juno.com> wrote in message72434149-f76d-47f9-b25c-2cecd805afe2@v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com">news:72434149-f76d-47f9-b25c-2cecd805afe2@v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 7, 8:02 pm, Xerxes409 <colin_to...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey all,
>
> > I just inherited a //e and am looking forward to reliving my fancy-
> > free days of eight-bit youth on it. I have an Apple IIgs, but alas, it
> > is at my parents' house on the other side of the continent, so I am
> > wondering if there are any nice hacks that will let me link a serial
> > cable to it from my PC and transfer over .DSK or .PO disk images.
>
> > The thing is, I know how to do a lot of that stuff on the IIgs, but I
> > have no idea what 8-bit utilities are available that would let me do
> > the same thing.
>
> > Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Yes, ADTPro will transfer disk images back and forth from PC to 2e.
> seehttp://adtpro.sourceforge.net/
>
> ---
>
> Do the USB to serial cables work with this stuff, or does one need a real
> serial port on the PC side of things? These days, serial ports are becomming
> less and less common, especially on laptops...
>
> --
> Albert D. Kallal
> Edmonton, Alberta Canada
> pleaseNOOSpamKal...@msn.com

Yes. USB to serial port converters DO work on the PC side. The newest
versions of ADT-Pro seem to have solved the problem that I had earlier
with a specific converter. (I did NOT revert back to the original PC
driver to test that thouroughly.)

The only serial port problem I have had recently was with 13 sector
ADT. That required me to find an old notebook with Win95 and a real
COM port.

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