22 Apr
2005
22 Apr
'05
5:22 p.m.
It's been a *LONG* time since I had any of my Apple //'s running. I've got
the following:
Apple //+
2 or 3 Apple //e's
some Apple //c's, including 2 of the little greenscreen monitors
2 Apple //gs's (one has a SCSI adapter)
I've also got various floppy drives.
What I'm not sure of is the state of my software. Currently all of my 5.25"
Apple // software is on loan to a friend (I don't have much, it's only one
small box). I've got a bunch if //gs software, but I'm not sure where. I
also have a Powerbook 520c that I can use to read and write 3.5" ProDOS
floppies. I think I can also use it to make new System 6 floppies if I
can't find the ones I have.
I'm trying to figure out what on earth I should setup. My real goal is to
run the following game, on real hardware:
http://www.iosphere.net/%7eeric/wizardry/weeping_snows.htm
I'm guessing my best bet, from a space related point of view is to use one
of the //c's and the small monitor that goes with it. The question then
becomes, how on earth does one write emulator images back to real 5.25"
floppies these days? I'm guessing my best bet might be to setup a //gs long
enough to write the floppies. ISTR, there is a program to transfer them
over a serial line, but you need a boot floppy for the Apple // to start the
process (as well as a Super Serial card, which I believe is built into a
//c).
Zane
22 Apr
22 Apr
5:28 p.m.
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Zane H. Healy wrote:
It's been a *LONG* time since I had any of my
Apple //'s running. I've got
the following:
Apple //+
2 or 3 Apple //e's
some Apple //c's, including 2 of the little greenscreen monitors
2 Apple //gs's (one has a SCSI adapter)
I've also got various floppy drives.
What I'm not sure of is the state of my software. Currently all of my 5.25"
Apple // software is on loan to a friend (I don't have much, it's only one
small box). I've got a bunch if //gs software, but I'm not sure where. I
also have a Powerbook 520c that I can use to read and write 3.5" ProDOS
floppies. I think I can also use it to make new System 6 floppies if I
can't find the ones I have.
I'm trying to figure out what on earth I should setup. My real goal is to
run the following game, on real hardware:
http://www.iosphere.net/%7eeric/wizardry/weeping_snows.htm
I'm guessing my best bet, from a space related point of view is to use one
of the //c's and the small monitor that goes with it.
The Apple //gs has backward compatibility with all the previous Apple ][
models and takes up the same footprint of the Apple //c, plus it's just
the nicest system to have hooked up out of all three. You can play all
the old stuff and all the new (GS-specific) stuff.
The question then
becomes, how on earth does one write emulator images back to real 5.25"
floppies these days? I'm guessing my best bet might be to setup a //gs long
enough to write the floppies. ISTR, there is a program to transfer them
over a serial line, but you need a boot floppy for the Apple // to start the
process (as well as a Super Serial card, which I believe is built into a
//c).
Look for Apple Disk Transfer or ADT. There are DOS and Windows versions.
Very nice software. Transfers via serial port to/from Apple ][ (disk
image from Apple to PC or disk image from PC to Apple disk). The //gs has
a built-in serial port. The //c does also but depending on what revision
you have it may be buggy (can't go over a certain baud rate).
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6:07 p.m.
The Apple //gs has backward compatibility with all the
previous Apple ][
models and takes up the same footprint of the Apple //c, plus it's just
the nicest system to have hooked up out of all three. You can play all
the old stuff and all the new (GS-specific) stuff.
I'd not realized it was the same footprint. In that case, this probably is
the best way for me to go. Plus I think I can easily get to at least one of
my //gs's. The doc's, and the box of stuff for it will no doubt be more
interesting...
Look for Apple Disk Transfer or ADT. There are DOS
and Windows versions.
Very nice software. Transfers via serial port to/from Apple ][ (disk
image from Apple to PC or disk image from PC to Apple disk). The //gs has
a built-in serial port. The //c does also but depending on what revision
you have it may be buggy (can't go over a certain baud rate).
Thanks! That's what I was thinking of. Though I used a Mac version to
transfer files between my SE/30 and //e.
Is there a //gs program to do this? It would be easier to write disks with
the emulator images on my PowerBook 520c, and then use the //gs to write
them to 5.25" floppies.
Zane
7:56 p.m.
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Is there a //gs program to do this? It would be
easier to write disks with
the emulator images on my PowerBook 520c, and then use the //gs to write
them to 5.25" floppies.
ADT works on any Apple ][ system. It's the Mac side I believe you were
thinking of. I don't know of a Mac version of the counterpart software to
ADT. The counterpart only comes in DOS or Windows versions.
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