We sold our Apple ][e at a garage sale 10 years ago. But I kept our
diskettes. And now I'd like to find a way to transfer our files to my
XP machine.

Specifically, we made an animation in Basic. I have read some posts
about ASCII and modems. Can anyone point me to an article that gives a
step-by-step guide. If I buy 2e diskette drive from eBay, can I plug
that to the serial port on my XP machine? Or can I put those old 2e
diskettes into my old 5" diskette drive on my Windows 3x machine
assuming my PC is running one of these Apple emulators?

Sorry if this has been asked a thousand times. I'm just a guy looking
for a nostalgia. (It was either this, or trying on my old "Be tough
like me, Mr. T t-shirt.)

From:	GarberStreet
Subject:	Re: Transfer from 2e diskette to PC
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 02:25:04 -0500

Thumper wrote in message
news:6034426b.0501212036.2ea600fe@posting.google.com...
: We sold our Apple ][e at a garage sale 10 years ago. But I kept our
: diskettes. And now I'd like to find a way to transfer our files to my
: XP machine.
:
: Specifically, we made an animation in Basic. I have read some posts
: about ASCII and modems. Can anyone point me to an article that gives a
: step-by-step guide. If I buy 2e diskette drive from eBay, can I plug
: that to the serial port on my XP machine? Or can I put those old 2e
: diskettes into my old 5" diskette drive on my Windows 3x machine
: assuming my PC is running one of these Apple emulators?
:
: Sorry if this has been asked a thousand times. I'm just a guy looking
: for a nostalgia. (It was either this, or trying on my old "Be tough
: like me, Mr. T t-shirt.)

How many disks are we talking about. If there are not too
awfully many I can convert them to usable images for an A2
emulator for you. All I need is postage back to you and small
amount for my time. Let me know.

Apple II Forever, and Apple II Together,
Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy46pa@comcast.net

From:	ThumperStrauss at hotmail.com
Subject:	Re: Transfer from 2e diskette to PC
Date:	21 Jan 2005 21:20:21 -0800

Thanks for the reply, Paul.

I have read that it is pretty straighforward to transfer text files.
But what about an animation done in Basic? Assuming I get the Basic
animation copied from my disk and into my XP, would my Basic file run
with one of the emulators in a Windows?

From:	Craig Bower
Subject:	Re: Transfer from 2e diskette to PC
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:22:52 GMT

wrote in message
news:1106371221.482065.218910@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for the reply, Paul.
>
> I have read that it is pretty straighforward to transfer text files.
> But what about an animation done in Basic? Assuming I get the Basic
> animation copied from my disk and into my XP, would my Basic file run
> with one of the emulators in a Windows?

Hi,

Once you've got the disk transferred over to an XP machine, likely it will
be in "DSK" image format. DSK images will work perfectly with almost
any of the emulators you can get nowadays.

I have a bunch of old animations (in Applesoft as well) that I did back in
the day too. From 1982-1988. Let me know if you'd like a DSK image
of them! :)

Later,
Craig

From:	Moll
Subject:	Re: Transfer from 2e diskette to PC
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:05:56 GMT

ThumperStrauss@hotmail.com wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, Paul.
>
> I have read that it is pretty straighforward to transfer text files.
> But what about an animation done in Basic? Assuming I get the Basic
> animation copied from my disk and into my XP, would my Basic file run
> with one of the emulators in a Windows?
>

What I do is this: I have Windows 2000 Pro on my PC, and my Apple
connected with a null modem cable, I bootstrapped ADT on the Apple and
used it to transfer the whole disk over to the PC. The disk image is
now already in the perfect format for the majority of emulators.

Moll.

From:	GarberStreet
Subject:	Re: Transfer from 2e diskette to PC
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:36:45 -0500

Moll wrote in
message news:osqId.4407$cx2.1548@trndny03...
: ThumperStrauss@hotmail.com wrote:
: > Thanks for the reply, Paul.
: >
: > I have read that it is pretty straighforward to transfer text files.
: > But what about an animation done in Basic? Assuming I get the Basic
: > animation copied from my disk and into my XP, would my Basic file run
: > with one of the emulators in a Windows?
: >
:
: What I do is this: I have Windows 2000 Pro on my PC, and my Apple
: connected with a null modem cable, I bootstrapped ADT on the Apple and
: used it to transfer the whole disk over to the PC. The disk image is
: now already in the perfect format for the majority of emulators.
:
: Moll.

People, please read his original post. They "SOLD" their
Apple II. Don't got it, can't ADT without one. :o)

Apple II Forever, and Apple II Together,
Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy46pa@comcast.net

From:	ThumperStrauss at hotmail.com
Subject:	Re: Transfer from 2e diskette to PC
Date:	22 Jan 2005 14:02:47 -0800

GarberStreet,

I appreciate the offer and I'd be happy to pay for your time. I have to
check at my parents place and see where I left the diskettes. But I
think I have about four diskettes.

I must say that I am a bit worried you might be offering your services
in a sly attept to gain access to my 4th grade book report on
dinosaurs, but I guess that's a chance I'm going to have to take! :)

I will be in touch. Thanks everyone else too for your replies. Much
appreciated.

- TS

From:	GarberStreet
Subject:	Re: Transfer from 2e diskette to PC
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:00:36 -0500

wrote in message
news:1106431366.976034.20090@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
: GarberStreet,
:
: I appreciate the offer and I'd be happy to pay for your time. I have to
: check at my parents place and see where I left the diskettes. But I
: think I have about four diskettes.
:
: I must say that I am a bit worried you might be offering your services
: in a sly attept to gain access to my 4th grade book report on
: dinosaurs, but I guess that's a chance I'm going to have to take! :)
:
: I will be in touch. Thanks everyone else too for your replies. Much
: appreciated.
:
: - TS

Well, I do not have kids that small now, but, there are a few
neighbors that do, and they may very well need a book report
on dinosaurs that they can use. :o) Let me know when you
have the disks and I'll be happy to convert them to DSK
images for you.

Apple II Forever, and Apple II Together,
Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy46pa@comcast.net

From:	carbide at egine.com
Subject:	Re: Transfer from 2e diskette to PC
Date:	21 Jan 2005 20:47:45 -0800

Thumper wrote:
> We sold our Apple ][e at a garage sale 10 years ago. But I kept our
> diskettes. And now I'd like to find a way to transfer our files to my
> XP machine.
>
> Specifically, we made an animation in Basic. I have read some posts
> about ASCII and modems. Can anyone point me to an article that gives
a
> step-by-step guide. If I buy 2e diskette drive from eBay, can I plug
> that to the serial port on my XP machine? Or can I put those old 2e
> diskettes into my old 5" diskette drive on my Windows 3x machine
> assuming my PC is running one of these Apple emulators?
>
> Sorry if this has been asked a thousand times. I'm just a guy looking
> for a nostalgia. (It was either this, or trying on my old "Be tough
> like me, Mr. T t-shirt.)

Your best bet is to send the disks to someone here and have them
transfer the files and email them to you.

There are no solutions that don't require other hardware than what you
have. As a practical matter you need an Apple II or an old Mac with a
IIe card and a 5 1/4" Apple II floppy drive.
-Paul

From:	carbide at egine.com
Subject:	Re: Transfer from 2e diskette to PC
Date:	22 Jan 2005 11:45:36 -0800

GarberStreet wrote:

>
> People, please read his original post. They "SOLD" their
> Apple II. Don't got it, can't ADT without one. :o)
>

Heh heh... if you read his original post he says:

"If I buy 2e diskette drive from eBay, can I plug
that to the serial port on my XP machine?"

So he is willing to buy some hardware to do the job. An Apple IIc would
work, just connect the video to a TV...

However, your offer is his best bet, unless we can get him hooked on
Apple II's again. ;-))
-Paul

From:	GarberStreet
Subject:	Re: Transfer from 2e diskette to PC
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:43:48 -0500

wrote in message
news:1106423136.931610.18370@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
:
: GarberStreet wrote:
:
: >
: > People, please read his original post. They "SOLD" their
: > Apple II. Don't got it, can't ADT without one. :o)
: >
:
: Heh heh... if you read his original post he says:
:
: "If I buy 2e diskette drive from eBay, can I plug
: that to the serial port on my XP machine?"
:
: So he is willing to buy some hardware to do the job. An Apple IIc would
: work, just connect the video to a TV...
:
: However, your offer is his best bet, unless we can get him hooked on
: Apple II's again. ;-))
: -Paul

I can give him a IIc for next to nothing, and he can have at it.
Connected to his TV or VCR, he is good to go. :o)

Apple II Forever, and Apple II Together,
Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy46pa@comcast.net