Re: Can't use my //e because I can't get any software for it

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Luis de Santos <desantos@cfl.rr.nospam.com> wrote:
> Here's my problem.  I have an Apple //e, but I have absolutely no
> software for it.  I have an older Mac.  All of the images I have found
> are 5.25" and I can't write those back to the floppy using the Mac (or
> a PC for that matter).  I don't have a null modem, but that doesn't
> matter because I don't have any comm software.  Basically I have no
> way to get anything onto a bootable floppy.  
> 
> Now, if I could find a bootable image of a 3.5" disk I would be in
> business, but everything is in 5.25" format.  Would an emaulator be
> able to create a bootable 3.5" disk for me?  Would someone be able to
> email me an image of a 3.5" bootable Prodos system disk?

On http://www.faddensoft.com/ciderpress/tutorial/ you can find a sample
disk image in 3.5" format that boots into ProDOS 8.  CiderPress can convert
it to DiskCopy format, which you can write to a single-density 3.5" 
disk (the standard double-density disks will work, but may not work for 
long if you write a lot).

CiderPress can convert ProDOS 5.25" disk images to 3.5" format.  Convert
the contents to a file archive, and then convert that back to an 800K disk
image.  Convert the .PO image that results to DiskCopy format.  (Come
to think of it, most DiskCopy 6 images are exactly the same as .PO, so
you may just be able to rename it to ".dc6" and have it work.)

As someone else pointed out, none of this will do you much good unless
you have a 3.5" drive for your //e.

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