I am trying to unsuscribe to your classiccmp. How do I do that? Thanks,
Dale Applegate
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: An odd request...
>>
>> I just had a kind of odd request.
>>
>> This one's for the Apple gurus on the list: Is it at all possible,
through
>> hardware, software, or 'other,' to read 5.25" floppies written on an
Apple
>> IIe on a PC?
>
>Yes, it's possible, because all things are possible :-)
>But it's not easy. The PC disk controller is physcially incapable of
>reading the GCR encoding on an Apple ][ disk. So you _can't_ simply use
>software to read the disks.
>
>There are/were accessory controller boards for the PC that connected
>between the normal controller and the floppy drive. These controllers
>could then handle the Apple GCR data. There were also Apple ][ emulator
>cards for the PC (basically a complete Apple ][ on an ISA card) that did
>the same sort of thing. No idea where you'd find these (for sale --
>people on this list have them but are hanging on to them) these days.
>
>You could always use an Apple ][ + its native disk controller and link it
>to a PC using either a serial (easier) or parallel link.
>
>-tony
>
>
Received on Tue Dec 21 1999 - 15:49:41 GMT