Re: Copy Files from an Apple IIGS to a PC

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

In <9791a08.0409180844.e8d4e4c@posting.google.com> mlgstudios wrote:
> I know this has been posted many times but I don't seem to have found
> a good solution (i.e. A to Z) for what I need to do.  I want to get
> some old (as in, version 3.0) Appleworks files from the 3.5 disks to
> the PC so that I can archive them.  From what I understand, the only
> way to do this is to get some sort of hardware solution for the Apple
> such that it can write to a PC formatted disk, or set up communication
> between the two computers through a serial or parallel port.

The third way is if you have access to a Mac with a built-in floppy 
drive. Pretty much any Mac made from about 1988 (when Apple started 
using 1.4MB drives) to 1998 (when they stopped using floppy drives) can 
read and write both Apple 800KB disks and PC 1.4MB disks.

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