28 Sep
2013
28 Sep
'13
2:28 p.m.
All,
The subject says it all. I have a ton of data on an old Apple 2 I'd
like to get off of it. I tried ADTPro using the audio/tape ports on an
Apple ][e but I could never get it dialed-in correctly. In all
honesty, I just want the ASCII content out of a bunch of word
processing files; I don't need to transfer disk images. I figure if I
can "print" those documents over a serial port, through a null-modem
cable and into another system I can capture the ASCII as a text file
and be done with it.
Does anyone have one laying around that could be put to good use?
Thank you!
--
-Jon
Jonathan Katz, Indianapolis, IN.
28 Sep
28 Sep
3 p.m.
Hi, Jonathan:
I have used ADTPro very successfully between a Windows XP laptop and an
Apple //e, and an Apple //c, and even with an Apple Mac.
The trick is to buy the correct serial cable to connect to the Apple in
question ... there are different ones for Apple II, Apple //c, and Mac
... as I recall, none of them cost more than about $10 to $15 each --
well worth it, IMHO.
This avoids the difficult and "fussy" cassette port I/O ...
You also need a standard serial port (RS-232) on your PC -- many modern
PCs no longer have serial ports, so you may have to buy a small
USB-to-serial (DB9) adapter, again for under $10 ...
Hope this helps...
All the best,
Mark S. Waterbury
On 9/28/2013 2:28 PM, Jonathan Katz wrote:
All,
The subject says it all. I have a ton of data on an old Apple 2 I'd
like to get off of it. I tried ADTPro using the audio/tape ports on an
Apple ][e but I could never get it dialed-in correctly. In all
honesty, I just want the ASCII content out of a bunch of word
processing files; I don't need to transfer disk images. I figure if I
can "print" those documents over a serial port, through a null-modem
cable and into another system I can capture the ASCII as a text file
and be done with it.
Does anyone have one laying around that could be put to good use?
Thank you!
3:12 p.m.
Hi, again, Jonathan:
You can get the cable(s) you need here:
http://retrofloppy.com/products.html
Prices are reasonable and these work great. ;-)
HTH,
Mark S. Waterbury
On 9/28/2013 2:28 PM, Jonathan Katz wrote:
All,
The subject says it all. I have a ton of data on an old Apple 2 I'd
like to get off of it. I tried ADTPro using the audio/tape ports on an
Apple ][e but I could never get it dialed-in correctly. In all
honesty, I just want the ASCII content out of a bunch of word
processing files; I don't need to transfer disk images. I figure if I
can "print" those documents over a serial port, through a null-modem
cable and into another system I can capture the ASCII as a text file
and be done with it.
Does anyone have one laying around that could be put to good use?
Thank you!
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