19 Jul
2001
19 Jul
'01
2:18 a.m.
On Jul 18, 22:51, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Say ... Which Apple OS is the ][e supposed to run? I
have checked out
that IIe
and it appears to work OK, but I've not yet found
a bootable diskette.
Does it
run the same DOS as the ][+?
Yes. The ones I've seen were supplied with Apple DOS 3.3, but they will of
course run ProDOS if you have the disks.
Apparently the ][e uses a serial printer. Perhaps I
should have looked
around
for that. It uses a wierd PS/2-like connector to
communicate with the
thing.
Out of the box, an Apple //e didn't have a printer port fitted. That would
be an add-on. Most common option in my experience is a parallel card,
usually fitted to slot #1, but there's no reason you could use a serial
card (typically in slot #2) instead.
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19 Jul
19 Jul
11:47 a.m.
--- Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> wrote:
On Jul 18, 22:51, Richard Erlacher wrote:
ISTR this came up a while back - did we establish there *was* a way to take
AppleDOS disk images and cut 5.25" diskettes on some flavor of Mac, or is
a IIGS required? (I forget if you could hang any external 5.25" disks off
the Mac (voltage issues) or even of you could, would the IWM know what to
do with it or not).
Say ... Which Apple OS is the ][e supposed to
run? I have checked out
that IIe and it appears to work OK, but I've not yet found a bootable
diskette. Does it run the same DOS as the ][+?
Yes. The ones I've seen were supplied with Apple DOS 3.3, but they will of
course run ProDOS if you have the disks. > Apparently the ][e uses a serial printer.
Perhaps I should have looked
> around for that. It uses a wierd PS/2-like connector to communicate with
> the thing.
LocalTalk? Looks a little like an S-Video connector?
Out of the box, an Apple //e didn't have a printer
port fitted. That would
be an add-on. Most common option in my experience is a parallel card,
usually fitted to slot #1, but there's no reason you could use a serial
card (typically in slot #2) instead.
When I used to develop Apple software, we had both in the same machine - a
parallel dot matrix printer for some stuff, a serial daisywheel for other
stuff.
-ethan
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11:53 a.m.
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:
ISTR this came up a while back - did we establish
there *was* a way to
take AppleDOS disk images and cut 5.25" diskettes on some flavor of
Mac, or is a IIGS required? (I forget if you could hang any external
5.25" disks off the Mac (voltage issues) or even of you could, would
the IWM know what to do with it or not).
I'll leave the more informed reply to the more informed but I am positive
you can't hook an Apple ][ drive to a Mac. You can probably do it through
an Apple ][ card (I have one for the LC but can't find it right now to
check the connectors on the back).
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1:33 p.m.
--- Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Makes sense. Fortunately for me, I *have* an LC with that card (and a cable,
thanks to Mike Ford). I will pursue that avenue for cutting AppleDOS disks.
-ethan
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ISTR this came up a while back - did we establish
there *was* a way to
take AppleDOS disk images and cut 5.25" diskettes on some flavor of
Mac, or is a IIGS required? (I forget if you could hang any external
5.25" disks off the Mac (voltage issues) or even of you could, would
the IWM know what to do with it or not).
I'll leave the more informed reply to the more informed but I am positive
you can't hook an Apple ][ drive to a Mac. You can probably do it through
an Apple ][ card (I have one for the LC but can't find it right now to
check the connectors on the back). 
2:01 p.m.
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I think that I have read some rather specific warnings against
connecting a 5,25 Apple drive to a Mac. Can wipe out the FDC such that
even the internal drive will not work.
- don
ISTR this came up a while back - did we establish
there *was* a way to
take AppleDOS disk images and cut 5.25" diskettes on some flavor of
Mac, or is a IIGS required? (I forget if you could hang any external
5.25" disks off the Mac (voltage issues) or even of you could, would
the IWM know what to do with it or not).
I'll leave the more informed reply to the more informed but I am positive
you can't hook an Apple ][ drive to a Mac. You can probably do it through
an Apple ][ card (I have one for the LC but can't find it right now to
check the connectors on the back). Sellam Ismail
Vintage Computer Festival
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4:56 p.m.
I'll leave
the more informed reply to the more informed but I am positive
you can't hook an Apple ][ drive to a Mac. You can probably do it through
an Apple ][ card (I have one for the LC but can't find it right now to
check the connectors on the back).
I think that I have read some rather specific warnings against
connecting a 5,25 Apple drive to a Mac. Can wipe out the FDC such that
even the internal drive will not work.
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