20 Dec
2003
20 Dec
'03
4:44 p.m.
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Don Maslin wrote:
That is true, but solves only a part of the problem. The bigger
half is getting the content of the Apple II disks onto the PC. TC
or TCM will write an image file to the hard disk (or another
floppy) but it is still a big lump of GCR and not individual
files.
Now, if these were Apple II CP/M disks and he had the appropriate
Uniform and MatchPoint software he could extract the individual
files readily and use them directly without the bother of the Mac
disk intermediary.
I just have not found a way to accomplish this end on AppleDOS or
ProDOS disks.
- don
> I would like to read/write apple II disks
directly
> from my PC. Searching the web I read about the
> following hardware cards for PC:
> -Option Boards (made by CentralPoint);
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Fred Cisin
wrote:
> You need the "DELUXE" Option Board. Fred, to my knowledge either version of the
Option Board will do
no more than extract a pure binary copy of the disk and present
that in hex form. No translation into text or other.
That's right. IIRC, the
Deluxe included some software for transferring
files to/from Mac 400k/800K Have I missed
something?
YES:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Fred Cisin wrote:
> Or consider the Catweasel as an alternative.
> Are you ready and willing to write your own software for the task?
If he is not ready and willing to write a file system handler
(or complete OS), then a working used Apple, the Apple Turnover
(name changed to "Turnover" when Apple's lawyers contacted Vertex)
or the MicroSolutions board ("Matchpoint"?? NOT "Compaticard!)
would probably be the only options that would actually work for him.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com