Re: Transferring Files

["julian814" <julian814@hotmail.com>]

Chris Alaimo (Jibbajaba) wrote:
> julian814 wrote:
> > This is something I want to be sure of - do you need a modem to
> > transfer files from a PC to an Apple//? I'm talking about transfers
> > with Hyperterm on the PC and Proterm on the Apple. I know you don't
> > with ADT, but not all the files I want to transfer are in .dsk format.
> >
> > Here's the deal - I have two PC's. The older one has a working modem,
> > but is considerably slower than the other, and can't do half the stuff
> > the newer one can. The modem recently died in the newer one. What I'd
> > like to do is put the modem from the older one into the newer one and
> > just use the older one to transfer files onto my Apples. They both have
> > floppy drives, the newer one has a CD burner on it, while the older one
> > just has a CD ROM. I figure if I need files off the internet, I could
> > use the newer one to burn them on CD or put them onto floppies, then do
> >  the transfers with the older one. There isn't enough room upstairs to
> > keep my Apples hooked up to my newer one, and there isn't a phone line
> > I can use in my basement workshop. So, will my plan work, or not?
> >
> >
> > Ralph Glatt
> >
>
> IMHO just using a null modem cable is much easier than what it sounds
> like you are trying to do.  Buying an older Mac (like a Quadra or
> something) is the easiiest way to do it.  My mac Quadra can get on the
> web, so I just download stuff straight from the web and put it on ProDOS
> formatted disks.

Okay, I guess I haven't made myself clear. My internet connection is on
the second floor of my house, and the room I have it in doesn't have
enough room to have more than one computer set up at one time. If it
did, then yeah, I'd go with the null modem connection. I do have a Mac,
but it doesn't have a floppy drive on it, and I really can't afford to
get any more equipment right now. What I have will have to do for now.
The main thing is that now I know that I can make the transfer from PC
to Apple// using a serial connection, which should be good enough for
my purposes. Thanks, anyway.


Ralph  Glatt