Re: Getting back into the Apple IIe!

["atfphotography@gmail.com" <atfphotography@gmail.com>]

On May 31, 6:51 am, "Polymorph" <polymo...@a2central.com.remove-rhf-
this> wrote:
>   To: Sterling
>
>
>
> Sterling wrote:
> > I was so excited today I got my Apple IIe shipped to me today from a
> > guy off ebay.
>
> > I did some research and got a cheapo compsite to VGA device to run the
> > graphics on my Dell LCD.
>
> > I've also been buying some vintage games I used to spend hours on like
> > Moebius, Ultima series, Wizardry series etc.
>
> > But I've run into a snag.
>
> > I realized I don't have a good way to transfer stuff from my AppleWin
> > images on my PC to the real world of 5.25 disks!!
>
> > How are you all getting stuff onto disk and where are you getting the
> > blanks from etc, etc.
>
> Hi,
>
> As you're only getting back into the retro scene, I recommend that you
> start by visiting the Apple II FAQ:
>
> http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html
>
> It will answer many of the questions you have, and some you don't!
>
> A great way of transferring files from a modern PC running
> Windows/OSX/Linux to a real floppy disk is via ADTPro:
>
> http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/
>
> There are probably a number of places you can still get floppies, but
> one place is:
>
> http://www.floppydisk.com/
>
> Remember that the Apple ][ requires double density disks only, high
> density disks tend not to work very well (unless you have a IIgs with
> Superdrives).
>
> BTW, welcome to the community!  :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Mike

Hello,

If you really get into it later and have some money to spend, you can
also check out things like the Micro Drive or Focus cards that let you
use CF cards with your IIe or IIgs.
I'm using the Micro Drive IIgs Turbo and waiting on a Micro Drive IIe
at the moment. With the CF card you can pop it onto your PC and use
Cider to transfer software and data.

Lots of cool stuff. Check out reactivemicro.com for the Micro Drive or
16sector.com for the Focus drive.

Have fun!

ATF