matsumot@ADS.COM (Michael Matsumoto) (11/20/90)
In a fit of lunacy, I promised my cousin that I would convert his local Little League's mailing address database from an Apple to IBM format. Then I found out he meant an Apple II. Can someone tell me if there exist programs out there that run on an IBM PC that can read Apple II 5.25" floppy diskettes in Appleworks format? Thanks. -- Mike Matsumoto | matsumot@ads.com |"X? If it can't be done in Advanced Decision Systems | | Emacs and two buffers, it Mountain View, CA | (415) 960-7453 | doesn't need to be done."
rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt) (11/27/90)
matsumot@ADS.COM (Michael Matsumoto) writes: | | Can someone tell me | if there exist programs out there that run on an IBM PC that can read | Apple II 5.25" floppy diskettes in Appleworks format? There ain't no such animal. The IBM and Apple II 5.25" drives are fundamentally different in their hardware - extra hardware is required. For the IBM, you can get a TrackStar board which gives you a complete IIe (unenhanced?) emulation. It has connections for 5.25" drive on its card. For the Apple, I remember something called MatchPoint - which is a board designed to read/write IBM 5.25" drives. There is, of course, the PC Transporter for the Apple II. Like the TrackStar board, it is a complete emulator - IBM PC/XT in this case. If you could possibly convert to a 3.5", you could use a Macintosh with one of those HeeDeeFeeDee drives (high density). It'll read Apple II ProDOS and IBM 1.44 ... so there you go. Hope all this helps.... -- ! InterNet: deety!rat@spool.cs.wisc.edu ! David Douthitt ! UUCP: ...uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!deety!rat ! Madison, Wisconsin ! {decvax!att}! ! === Apple II Forever === ! Home of Mad Apple Forth and the Tiger Toolbox ! The Stainless Steel Rat
USERSIG@MTSG.UBC.CA (11/28/90)
>For the Apple, I remember something called MatchPoint - which is a board >designed to read/write IBM 5.25" drives. Wrongo. The MatchPoint card is a board for an IBM PC which lets an IBM 5.25" drive read and write Apple II ProDOS, DOS 3.3, and CP/M disks. I've got one and it works great. Combine this with CrossWorks version 2.x and you've got a nice translation system for 5.25" media.