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

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Jason L. replied (to someone):

>> I'm not sure, but I think you're going to need a special card and
>> software to support it to add that floppy drive to your PC.
>> Personally, I've found it easier and cheaper to just hook the Apple //
>> to the PC via serial cable and use ADT.
>
>I dunno... I don't even have a serial card in my //e; even if I did,
>using ADT would be a real pain in the derriere.  If I installed an
>IBM-compatible 5.25" drive in my PC, could I make disks out of images
>that way?  (That seems like the most logical choice, but I'm not
>sure...)

Super Serial Cards are cheap and abundant--less than $20 including
postage--so that is still your best bet.

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.

Unless you're a glutton for punishment, just get a serial card and
use ADT.

Or, if you happen to have (or can easily get) a 3.5" disk drive
and controller for your Apple II and an older Mac (pre-PowerPC
versions are also cheap and abundant), you can use the Mac
with System 7.x (x>0) to move files using 3.5" diskettes.

-michael

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