HP2000 and old archive stuff NOT on 9-track (apple2 transfer??)??

From: Bob Brown <bbrown_at_harpercollege.edu>
Date: Thu Dec 11 07:46:25 2003

If an apple emulator could read the disks, that would be a LOT simpler.

-Bob

> > I have some old programs from my HP2000 days that I downloaded to
> > APPLE-2 diskette (DOS 3.3 and PRODOS).
> >
> > Any ideas on the easiest way to get that source uploaded to a network
> > connected system which should then be able to easily
> > paste them into a terminal session and get the code active again?
> >
> > I have an APPLE //c, a II+ and a IIE. I appreciate any ideas on this one.
>
>Bob,
>I used an Apple serial card, a null modem cable, and a simple BASIC
>program to use the serial port.
>
>There have been some Apple emulators.
>Does anyone know if any of them can read Apple 5.25" floppies?
>I know that in the evolution of 5.25" drives and densities, there was
>the issue of wide heads, wide write tracks, and later heads and
>tracks were narrower. Was it that modern heads could read earlier tracks?
>
>Greg

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