13 Dec
2000
13 Dec
'00
2:13 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Adrian Graham
As an aside I've just won an Apple 5 1/4 drive (still in its
plastic bag :)
that will go nicely on my Woz GS. The problem I now have is
getting the disk
images off one of my Macs and onto a 5 1/4" disk! Any clues? I don't yet
have a suitable drive on the PC but getting one won't be too
difficult.......
If you don't have one already, get a 3.5" floppy drive for your GS (even on
ebay these rarely cost more than $10). A Mac is able to read and write
ProDOS formatted 3.5" floppies, making this a convenient means of
transferring files.
Your PC will be of no use for data transfer by floppy, even with a 5.25"
floppy drive installed. The GCR recording method used by the Apple II series
of computers cannot be read or written by a *standard* PC floppy drive
controller. If you must use a PC, the "easiest to implement" method of file
transfer with an Apple II series computer is via a "null modem" serial
connection.