Re: Writing BIN file to floppy

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Clint Paden <clint-news-1@nospam.padens.us> wrote:
> I have a couple of Apple II disk images that are .bin files. What is the 
> best way to go about writing them to a floppy disk (using either Linux 
> or Windows) so that they can be read on an Apple II?
> 
> Just to clarify, these images will open in the emulator AppleWin and get 
> it running, but other than this, I don't know too much about their 
> format. 

Open it with CiderPress and hit Ctrl-I (or File->Archive Info).  That'll
tell you what format it's in.

If it's an unadorned DOS-order 5.25" disk image, you can transfer it
with ADT and a serial cable.  If not, you can use CiderPress to convert
it first.

Another approach is to convert it to a ShrinkIt .SDK file and then use
a ZMODEM transfer through a serial cable, and unpack it with ShrinkIt on
the Apple II.

There's no way to write an Apple II 5.25" floppy from a PC.

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