Re: Getting back into the Apple IIe!

["Polymorph" <polymorph@a2central.com.remove-rhf-this>]

 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