Re: Converting .DSK images to 5.25" floppy (part 2)

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Exegete" <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote in message
news:3fa6c7b2$1_5@corp.newsgroups.com...
>
> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> > Phil Dumpster wrote:
> >
> >>"Michael J. Mahon" wrote:
> >>
> >>>And if you think that transferring images at 19200 baud is a pain,
> >>>wait until you find out about the special hardware you'll need to
> >>>attach an Apple drive to a PC.  ;-)  Writing Apple II disks on a
> >>>PC is not possible without unusual hardware and software which
> >>>is much harder to find and use than ADT.
> >>
< Snip >
> >
> > The combined effects of my having access to other convenient
> > ways to get bits back and forth between my Apples and my PCs
> > and the obsolescence of the ISA bus have caused me to put
> > this on the "back burner".  ;-)
> >
> > Maybe someone else will take a run at it...
> >
> > -michael
>
> The TracKstar allows one to read and write Apple II Disk II disks in
> Disk II drives which are attached to the TrackStar, which, of course, is
> a II on a PC card. The TrackStar can also read and write to PC drives.
> However, I don't think you can, in DOS/Windows, access the Disk II drives.

Although a workable solution in the TrackStar, this hardware
is rare and expensive, not to mention difficult to setup if it is
not complete. Should a Disk II or Apple 5.25" drive controller
be workable, these are very easily acquired. I must have a couple
dozen of them, some of each, laying around. Maybe I'll take a stab
at making it work a little later. I have a number of projects in the
works as it is, not to mention that I barely know enough to handle
what I "am" working on. ;-) I am also considering the alternative,
connecting an ISA hard/floppy controller to the Apple II.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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