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- From: eapu174@orion.oac.uci.edu (Wayne Chen)
- Subject: Re: 5.25" Disk Drives/File Exchange Vol.
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- Date: 8 Jan 93 00:00:35 GMT
- References: <chip.schnarel-070193085640@maverick.wr.tek.com>
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- In article <chip.schnarel-070193085640@maverick.wr.tek.com> Chip
- Schnarel, chip.schnarel@tek.com writes:
- >A bit of humor here; he thought he was buying a Mac IIc. (yes, I know
- >there's no such thing, but HE didn't.) He paid $50 and thought he got
- such
- >a great deal. :-) :-) :-) Ahhhh! What's in a name...?
- >
- >This is his first foray into computers so I'm trying to help him out.
- If I
- >purchase a 5.25" floppy drive for my Mac, will Apple's File Exchange
- >recognize it and allow me to format/write floppies in PRODOS and/or the
- >older Apple DOS file systems? Have any of you tried this? Who makes a
- >compatible 5.25" floppy drive? My intent is to provide him with Apple ][
- >software from Compuserve and other BBS sources to get him started. In
- >theory there are applications that should allow us to trade data files
- too,
- >right? My copy of MS Word doesn't export to an Apple ][ format, but I'd
- >thought that I'd seen some programs that did. Know of any?
- >
- >Thanks for any and all help!
- >
- >Chip
-
- You may want to try an Apple II emulator for the Mac called "II in the
- Mac"
- Which may let you connect to a Apple 5.25 drive. Other than that the Mac
- doesn't work with the 5.25 apple drives. I know this because my cousin
- with a IIgs once came over and plug the drive into my IIsi and it didn't
- work.
- You have a couple of more option here:
-
- 1) Put the Apple II files in a 3.5 disk with Apple File Exchange under
- pro dos and find someone with a IIgs that can transfer the files to 5.25.
-
- 2) Get some phonet and run appletalk between the mac and the apple IIc
- (I know that the IIgs supports apple talk, I'm not sure about the IIc)
-
- 3) transfer the files by modem between the Mac and the IIc
-
- Hope that help a little.
-
- BTW the humor was quite funny. Either way, $50 is still a good price for
- an
- Apple IIc.
-
- Wayne Chen
- eapu174@orion.oac.uci.edu
-