Re: Copy Files from an Apple IIGS to a PC

[mlgstudios@yahoo.com (mlgstudios)]

Roger Johnstone <rojaws@orcon.net.nz> wrote in message news:<20040919115418837+1200@News.Individual.NET>...
> 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.


I found an old MAC.  Actually, I found TWO old Macs.  Macintosh SE's. 
Now I just have to figure out how to use only one mouse button instead
of two... :)


Thanks!

Matt