Re: Transferring downloaded disk [images] to IIe?

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"William R. Walsh" <newsgroups1@idontwantjunqueemail.walshcomptech.com>
wrote in message news:RzH%9.156520$rM2.98098@rwcrnsc53...
> Hello group!
>
> With my discovery and installation of an IDE controller for my Apple IIe,
I
> have come to realize that somehow, some way, I must get software to help
set
> up the new hardware.
>
> Obviously, downloading software from the WWW or otherwise is my least
> concern. I am wondering, though, how to get the programs over to the IIe.
> Can it be done from a PC and what would I need?
>

Your best bet is a null-modem cable. Attach that to a serial port on your
PC, and a serial port on your IIe.  Now you need software- if you have a
comm program on the IIe, you are set. Use that and Hyperterminal on the PC.
Transfer files via X-Y-or Zmodem.
If you don't have a comm program for the IIe, you can either buy one or get
someone to mail you one. Agate is an old shareware comm program with Zmodem
available in the archives, but you still  have the problem of getting it
onto your IIe.

An alternative is ADT, which is a file transfer utility that runs on the PC.
It uses a null-modem cable, but doesn't require any software on the IIe.
Read about that in the Apple II faq, and download it from the archives.

> I also have a PowerMac Performa 6200CD that I suppose could be useful or
> might make the job even easier since it can format ProDOS 3.5" 800K disks.

It can format them, but they can't be read by your Apple II.  The hardware
is just not compatible, even though it seems like it is.  If you want to go
that route, get an older Mac with an 030 or 040 cpu and the original-style
auto-inject 1.44 floppy.  The SE/30, Classic, Classic II, and Color Classic
will all work, and they are cheap and take little space.  Of those, the
Color Classic can also take a IIe Card, which will allow you to make 3.5"
and 5.25" ProDos disks.
Note that if you use a Mac, you'll run into a couple of file problems-
forked files and wrong file-types.
There are ways around those problems, but they are tedious.  A IIgs running
GS/OS helps a lot there, and they can be had cheap. Get two each of the 3.5"
and 5.25" drives, and a hard disk is real nice.
ShrinkitGS can handle files transferred from a Mac with no problems.

>
> What are my options here and what is the best approach in terms of ease
and
> effectiveness.
>

Buying a comm program and a null-modem cable is probably the easiest.
Making a null-modem cable and using ADT to start would be the cheapest.
A Color Classic and a IIgs would be a real nice solution if you enjoy
playing with hardware like I do.
-Paul