Re: Copy Files from IIGS to Mac to PC - Help Please

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@orcon.net.nz>]

In <9791a08.0409212006.7f8f931@posting.google.com> mlgstudios wrote:
> 
> 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 believe PC Exchange was standard with System 7.1 and later. It loads 
an extension which integrates reading and writing MS-DOS and ProDOS 
disks into the OS. However there is an earlier program called Apple File 
Exchange. It performs the same functions but has to be run as an 
application and is used to copy files to and from a Mac disk.

Gamba's web site has a lot of info and links to software for older Macs. 
This page in particular has info on Apple File Exchange.
<http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/pc2mac.html>

I would really recommend running System 6 on a Mac SE. System 7 is a 
real resource hog compared to 6. You can download disk images for System 
6.0.8 from Apple. Go to this page:
<http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html>
and get these two files: SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_Disk1of2.sea.bin and SSW_6.0.8-
1.4MB_Disk2of2.sea.bin


Once you have the disk images, here's how to create a Mac boot disk 
using a PC:

1. Download the free StuffIt Expander for Windows
<http://www.stuffit.com/win/>

2. Use StuffIt Expander to expand the files. It will remove the 
MacBinary wrapper and extract the disk image 
from the archive leaving a file called "whatever.image".

3. Download the trial version of the shareware program WinImage for 
Windows.
<http://www.winimage.com/download.htm>

4. Use WinImage to write the disk images to 1.4MB floppy disks.

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://vintageware.orcon.net.nz/
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