Re: IIe .dsk, .do, .po, .nib images

[sundown@nwrain.net]

On Apr 17, 1:17 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> sund...@nwrain.net wrote:
> > I transferred some disks to disk image with Asimov on the IIGS
> > and it works great.  Very simple.
>
> > But I am still going to get a USB serial adaptor for my Mac so
> > I can do direct transfers from the IIe and super serial card.
>
> > thanks for your help!
>
> IIRC, you said that you have a CFFA card in your IIgs, and a PC.
>
> If that's so, then your fastest option by far is to create the
> images on your IIgs to a directory on a ProDOS partition on your
> CF card.  Then remove the CF card and put it into a CF reader on
> your PC and open it as a "volume" using CiderPress.
>
> The entire contents of the CF card will be available to you to
> copy, extract, convert, or whatever.
>
> The capacity and speed of a CF card makes "sneakernet" a great
> way to move lots of data with outstanding "bandwidth".  ;-)
> And CiderPress takes all the drugery out of it.
>
> -michael
>
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Okay, thank you for that info.  I do have a CFF card on the IIGS
and CiderPress on the PC.  Now what is "sneakernet"?  Where
do I download it at?

thanks again,
-=>JB<=-