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Re: Using ,dsk images on a real Apple II -- help

cph1776@gmail.com wrote:

Michael J. Mahon wrote:



If you have an older Mac and a 3.5" drive on your Apple II, then copy
the disk images to a ProDOS formatted 3.5" disk and bring them to the
Apple II.




That I can do, no problem....




Then run UNFORKIT to remove the resource forks from the files and
FILE2DSK (or your favorite image-to-disk utility) to copy each image
to a formatted 5.25" floppy.




But then how can I get UNFORKIT on a disk? Again, all my transferred
files end up with an unusable Type $00....


Yes, I see.  I used Crossworks in the beginning to get "bootstrapped"
but any serial link program will do the job.


(UNFORKIT is a basic program, maybe I can get the source code some way
or another....)


Sure, just load it into an emulator and list it.  It also has a short
assembly language program (which it probably POKEs into memory--it calls
RWTS to do block I/O).


This worked fine for me for years, until I got a Superdisk controller
for my IIe (which makes transfers using PC 1.44MB 3.5" disks easy).



That might be another possibility, if they are not horribly
expensive....


I expect that rarity is even more of a problem these days.  A year or
so ago, there was a steady stream of them (Sun Remarketing surplus), but
as that dried up, availability dropped and prices rose...


Otherwise, the ADT thing might be the way to go. I need to get a PC set
up near my GS, though, don't know when that will happen. Getting the
ADT software on my Apple is another issue....
.."


Once you have a working serial link, ADT comes with a "bootstrap"
package.  From there, you can get anywhere.  ;-)

-michael

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