Re: Apple II+ to Mac?

[gberigan@cse.unl.edu (greg berigan)]

mirsky@gnu.ai.mit.edu (David Joshua Mirsky) writes:

>Hi. I posted something about this on a mac newsgroup a few weeks ago.  I 
>appreciate all the responses I received.  I have decided to repost my
> questions,because now I can be more specific in my inquiry.

>My parents own an Apple II+ with 48K and 5 1/4" disk drives.  
>They would like to transfer a number of files to my Macintosh.  Most their
>files were created using the word processor, Apple Writer 1.1, whose
>copyright date is1979.  They also have a program called Apple Writer Extended
>by Brillig Systems which allows for conversion of Applewriter documents
>to plain, text files.  I am wondering, though, if there is an easier way to
>convert the files to text files.  The Applewriter files are on 70 or so floppy
>disks.  

If your modem runs of a Super Serial Card and have the right cable, you
can hook it up directly to the Mac's modem port, tell Apple Writer to
print the file to that slot as if it were a printer, and capture the
file with your favorite terminal program on the Mac.

Or you could hook the phone lines together between your II+ modem and
Mac modem without going to the phone outlets in the wall.  Transfer
would be slow at 300bps, but the Zoom should be able to talk down to its
speed.  You can get a double-female phone plug at Radio Shack.

>The best option, in my mind, seems to be to find a computer which can read
>APple II+ files and is connected to both a 5 1/4" floppy drive and a 3 1/4"
>floppy drive. But I don't have access to such a computer.

An Apple IIgs would be the best option if you can find someone with one
to do the transfer.  BTW, the drive sizes are 5 1/4" and 3 1/2".

>Is it possible to hook up the old, Apple II+ disk drives to my Mac?

If they are the old Disk ][ drives, no way.  If they are newer,
half-height drives, I don't think the Mac will recognize them unless you
have a //e emulator card in the Mac.

>Does it make sense to find someone with a computer which might be able to help?

You should be able to get it to work with your sister.

>David Mirsky
>mirsky@gnu.ai.mit.edu

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