Here's the whole situation, I hope I'm posting in the right area.
I have an Apple IIGS with files that I want to get to a PC. From the
feedback I've gotten the easiest way to do this is to get a Macintosh
to read the 800K floppies from the IIGS and then write those files
back to a PC floppy (using the Mac).
I have a Macintosh SE with a Superdrive. From what I can tell,
however, it can't read PC floppies. It's running system 7.0.1, and
from what I've read, it's not possible to get that OS to read PC
floppies. Apparently I need system 7.1 to do this? Furthermore, I
need to get a program called "PC Exchange" loaded on the Mac in order
to read PC floppies with the Superdrive. Is that correct? Or will OS
7.1 "full install" do that?
I found disk images for System 7.1 from a FTP site in Canada, so it
looks like I've got that OK. The problem is, getting the OS onto the
Mac. The Mac is not connected to the Internet. The Mac, despite what
I've been told, will not even read ProDOS formatted disks from my
Apple IIGS. *groan*
So I'm sort of back where I started. I have a Mac SE with a
Superdrive that won't read PC floppies nor Apple IIGS floppies. I
have a PC connected to the Internet that I could load disk images
onto, but the PC floppy drive won't write in a format that the Mac
will read. Apparently, somehow, I need to get system 7.1 or greater
onto Mac SE formatted floppies. I'd assume that 800K floppies would
do the trick, but like I said, it won't read ProDOS formatted floppies
from my IIGS.
Can anyone point out what I'm doing wrong and what direction I need to
head? Anyone live in the Bryan/College Station, TX area and can help?
:)
Thanks so much,
Matt