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

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

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

Wade,

I like what I saw of your game in that video, maybe you should
complete it and release it to the Apple II community. To answer your
question about transferring files back and forth between your G5 and
GS go check out this site: http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/ , granted it
only transfers disk images but with that and something like Apple Dos
File System: http://www.lazilong.com/apple_II/adfs/ , or Apple
Commander: http://applecommander.sourceforge.net/ , you can open the
image on your G% and transfer the file you want to your Mac.

Dean