Re: Getting files from a IIGS to a Mac OS X Mac (G5)... how can you do it?

[BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com>]

Unless you're putting files on an IDE device you can swap between
the //gs and the mac (say, a flashcard), the only other option I can
think of is locating an ethernet card for the //gs.  That might be
cost prohibitive though, so a null modem cable and a terminal program
that supports z-model or y-modem batch would be your next best option.

If you're wanting to do rapid prototyping and sending binaries to
the //gs for testing, you might want to borrow some of the bootloader
stuff in either ADT Pro or Apple game server to dump a binary into ram
and execute it.  ADT is probably a much better route, as the game
server only works with a super serial card or a //c.  (that being my
fault, sorry!! :-} )

Dragon looks really cool!  I like the cave graphics, but why are wall
collisions fatal?  Must be a tricky game!

Best of luck to ya!
-Brendan

On Aug 1, 7:13 am, bloomer_au <bloo...@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
> Hi all. I am the owner of a IIGS and in macdom, a G5.
>
> Back when I had a powermac 7500/100, both the Mac and IIGS were able
> to read and write to the same physical floppy disks, so getting games
> and files outta my IIGS and over to my mac was easy. And getting games
> off the internet and over to my IIGS was also easy (and rather
> miraculous-seeming). But then Macs stopped supporting floppies. Years
> passed, and as far as I can see, the Mac and the IIGS are almost
> strangers to each other now.
>
> I've read about null modem cables, but most posts on this topic
> archived on the net seem to be pretty ld. I'm asking in the here and
> now - is there a way to use a cable or two to literally connect a G5
> to a IIGS and have them swap files somehow? That's what I'd love to
> do.
>
> Off topic - I wrote an arcadey game for the apple 2 called Dragon, in
> 1995, at least one long level of it. I just put up a playthrough video
> of it on Youtube today. If anyone's interested in seeing an
> essentially unseen apple 2 game, have a look. I think it's decent ;)
>
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=icGZ467p2IU
>
> And thanks for any help on the IIGS-Mac issue.
> - Wade