Re: Help Wanted w/ Apple ][ --> IBM PC disk conversion

[edgar@lslp1.usu.edu (Edgar Tooley (3698))]

In article <1kktdrINNc77@titan.ucs.umass.edu> quilty@titan.ucs.umass.edu (Lulu of the lotus-eaters) writes:

>Please help.  A friend has some disks of some word-processor files
>(appleworks, I think) which I'd like to get converted to a PC.  Even
>plain ascii would be fine, though of course maintaining formatting
>would be a treat.  

>My problem is in the physical transfer of the bytes.  The way I see
>it, I could either have a program which allows
>my PC to read an Apple ][ floppy disk (I don't know if that's
>physically possible, though I do have the same thing for Mac 1.44
>floppies on a PC); or I could upload the files to my mainframe
>account, then back down to my PC.  For this I would need some
>communications software to do the uploading on the apple side.  My
>friend had some communications software which got us connected, but I
>couldn't figure out uploading for the life of me (I think it may only
>have had ascii upload)... the comm software doesn't have any docs, and
>is probably a copy stolen from somewhere.  If someone could recommend
>a shareware/freeware comm package for apple ][, that would do me as
>well... though I'd also have to figure out a way to get the actual
>disks (maybe such a recommender could send them for a *small* fee).

>Anyway, please email if you can help me out with either of these,
>please send me some email... I don't have any reason to read this
>group normally.
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I would like similar software I would like to be able to copy files 
downloaded to my PC from the internet, to apple ][ floppies.  Does it make a 
difference if I have a CPM card?

My office is surplusing a bunch of ][e's that have been mothballed for 
at least the last three years.  I thought I would get one for my kids.
Is there a FAQ that I can get before bombarding the net with my questions?
I started on a ][+ but that was a while ago.

Edgar Tooley
edgar@lslp1.usu.edu