Re: Need help converting 5 1/4 floppy data to PC format

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: : > I have six Apple IIC 5 1/4 inch floppy disckettes with text : > that I need converted into a format that I can load onto by PC. : > I will be glad to pay a reasonable fee, or will ship the IIC to : > whoever can convert the floppies. : : If it's straight text there's a few ways Bill, all of which do require some : hardware/software and know-how. : Firstly, there's the null-modem direct-connection method requiring : substantial know-how and appropriate software at both ends. : I'd avoid this unless you're already set up for the procedure. : I prefer the method that goes via a Macintosh. As you probably : know, a Mac with a 1.4 Mb. floppy CAN write to MSDOS disks. : Thus, if you can get your files onto a Mac Hard-Drive, text-transfer : is as simple as writing a floppy, and taking it across to your PC. : How to get the files to a Mac.? Obviously firstly find a Mac : that has a 1.4 Mb. drive. (iMacs don't have a built-in floppy). : Any Mac from the mid-late '90s will do fine. : At the IIc end, you'll need a 3.5" external drive, or else find : someone with a GS that has both a 5.25" and 3.5" drive attached. : The only other thing you'll need is the ProDos SYSTEM utils : disk that came with your IIc (or GS). : In the 3.5" drive, format an 800K floppy (a 1.4 Mb. floppy CAN : usually be used if you 'tape-over' the second open square hole - : it should then format as an 800K disk). You can use the SYSTEM : utils disk to perform the 800K PRODOS format of the 3.5" floppy : To do this, place the SYSTEM utils disk into the 5.25" drive and BOOT it. : When you reach the MENU screen, REMOVE the SYSTEM utils disk. : Insert the 3.5" floppy and choose FORMAT on the Utils screen. : Specify Slot 5, Drive 1 to format, and PRODOS. Format the Disk. : You will need to format TWO of these disks for your 6-disk transfer. : That done, WRITE-PROTECT your 5.25" TEXT DATA disks (to copy) and place : your first DATA disk into the 5.25" drive. Also place a PRODOS-formatted : (BLANK) 800K floppy into the 3.5" drive. : Using the SYSTEM utils disk to COPY FILES , specify *FROM* Drive 6,1 : (the 5.25" / Slot 6, Drive 1) *TO* Drive 5,1 (the 3.5" / : Slot 5, drive 1). Select ALL 5.25" files on the disk, and START the copy. : On-screen you'll see the files as they copy. When Disk 1 is finished, remove it : and insert the second 5.25" TEXT DATA disk , following the above COPY steps. : Each 800K disk will hold FIVE 5.25" floppies, so you'll need the 2nd. 800K : disk to complete the 6-disk job. : When finished, just take the 800K disks to your Mac and copy them : onto its hard-drive - and from there to a MSDOS formatted floppy, : (straight out of the box) - and from there to your PC's Hard-drive. : Simple Mac text processors such as EDIT can save the files : in MSDOS format if you want to avoid any format quirks. : That's it. : It may look complex, but the method is really quite simple, and QUICK. : Cheers,