8 Mar
2006
8 Mar
'06
6:06 p.m.
Can Apple II disks be copied using a PC 5.25" drive and/or can downloaded images of
Apple II
system disks be written to a PC drive? I'd suspect that because of the unusual format
of the
Apple II floppies that special formatting/copying software would be required to do this.
Does
this software exist?
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8 Mar
8 Mar
6:39 p.m.
New subject: I guess I should have asked this before asking for a 5.25" floppy drive
On 3/8/2006 at 3:06 PM William Blair wrote:
Can Apple II disks be copied using a PC 5.25"
drive and/or can downloaded
images of Apple II system disks be written to a PC drive? I'd suspect
that
because of the
unusual format of the Apple II floppies that special
formatting/copying
software would be
required to do this. Does this software exist?
Not written with plain old PC hardware, unless you count the lash-up using
the PC parallel port. The more conventional way to do this is with a
CopyIIPC option card, a Catweasel card or a MatchPoint card.
Cheers,
Chuck
6:50 p.m.
New subject: CatWeasel card (was: I guess I should have asked this before asking for a 5.25" floppy drive)
In article <200603081539070889.3835C414 at 10.0.0.252>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
Not written with plain old PC hardware, unless you
count the lash-up using
the PC parallel port. The more conventional way to do this is with a
CopyIIPC option card, a Catweasel card or a MatchPoint card.
If someone has a CatWeasel card they'd like to sell, I'd love one.
They're not currently being made (despite that the web site says it
would be available "Spring 2005") and I have need of one on a
semi-regular basis!
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7:02 p.m.
New subject: I guess I should have asked this before asking for a 5.25" floppy drive
On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, William Blair wrote:
Can Apple II disks be copied using a PC 5.25"
drive and/or can downloaded images of Apple II
system disks be written to a PC drive? I'd suspect that because of the unusual
format of the
Apple II floppies that special formatting/copying software would be required to do this.
Does
this software exist?
It would require a very loose definition of "software". The NEC 765 FDC
is not happy with GCR.
Hardware solutions can be created.
DSK2FDI
Copy-II Option board
Catweasel
Matchpoint
Apple Turnover
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15 Mar
15 Mar
1:32 p.m.
New subject: I guess I should have asked this before asking for a 5.25" floppy drive
William Blair wrote:
Can Apple II disks be copied using a PC 5.25"
drive and/or can downloaded images of Apple II
system disks be written to a PC drive? I'd suspect that because of the unusual
format of the
Apple II floppies that special formatting/copying software would be required to do this.
Does
this software exist?
Yes and no. It depends on what you're trying to achieve.
I have successfully dumped an Apple II disk to a Transcopy image file
using my Central Point Option Board, then converted that image file to a
.DSK image file to be used in Apple II emulators... but that required my
Option Board hardware. Along similar lines, I would imagine a Catweasel
could do it, but I've never tried.
Disk2FDI can read very many formats, but it has some limitations; see
www.oldskool.org (follow Disk2FDI link) for more info.
But if you want to *WRITE* Apple II disks... that's not usually
possible. Most people have a serial cable hooked between their Apple
and PC to write out stuff they download.
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7:22 p.m.
New subject: I guess I should have asked this before asking for a 5.25" floppy drive
I don't know anything about Apples, but if you can
create images on an Apple itself, you could transfer
them to a PC or whatever using a serial link. I would
imagine there is software that'll run on an Apple that
will accomplish this.
--- William Blair <wbblair3 at yahoo.com> wrote:
Can Apple II disks be copied using a PC 5.25"
drive
and/or can downloaded images of Apple II
system disks be written to a PC drive? I'd suspect
that because of the unusual format of the
Apple II floppies that special formatting/copying
software would be required to do this. Does
this software exist?
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