Re: disk image question

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

SlickRBCD wrote:

>I'm trying to figure out what advice to give somebody about using archives
>found on Ground (or other FTP sites) or images on Asimov. THis person is
>using a 128K Apple IIe with a couple of 5.25" drives (no 3.5" drives), and
>wants to download disk images and other archives from the net at work
>using either an iMac or a Powermac, then make 5.25" disks out of them. She
>has no other computer available at home with which to use a null-modem,
>not that I can see how she could use them without something larger than a
>5.25" disk.
>
>Short of giving me the disk images to transfer with my Apple IIGS complete
>with hard drive & super drive, what options does she have?
>
>It was my stupid idea to recomend trying to find an old Apple IIe in the
>scrap heap because she said to my mother that she wants to be able to use
>Reader Rabbit for her son, as well as a typing program. Now I'm not sure
>how to help other than doing the work for them, as the method I've used
>for years seems to require a 3.5" drive to get the images.

Her's is a difficult setup for getting Apple II disks.

Assuming that her software needs are modest and relatively static,
making the disks for her is probably the most expeditious solution,
and will require less of your time to complete.  ;-)

-michael

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