Re: Apple II+ to Mac?

[rlee@unixg.ubc.ca (Reginald M Lee)]

> 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 flopp
 

The Applewriter files are already text files; no translation needed. I moved
mine a few weeks ago by using someone else's Apple IIgs which had both 5 and
3 inch drives. Since the IIgs was running System 6.x GSOS, it mounted Apple
DOS 3.3, ProDOS, and MacOS disks to the Finder, so the whole transfer was
just click and drag.  (Unfortunately, it wasn't so easy to transfer the
Magic Window II files...)

I don't know if you can get 5" drives for 48K ][+'s, although you certainly
can for  ][E's, but it would be incredibly expensive even compared with
making a road trip  to the nearest Apple ][ user group or paying a dealer
with ][gs.
 
Hope this helps,
Reg