Re: IIc / PC serial connection

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Posted by Lee F. on April 16, 19101 at 13:07:24:

In Reply to: Re: IIc / PC serial connection posted by John L on April 16, 19101 at 04:03:05:

: :I just got a wonderful, like-new //c a couple weeks ago and just ordered a 6FT IIc to ImgWriter I cable to connect it to my PC. I also bought a 10FT DB9M to DB25F serial cable for the conversion. Is that too long? 6FT may just barely reach in my current configuration.

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: Should be ok

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: : Also, has anyone else had luck using ADT on a //c? Is it possible to transfer .DO images as well as .DSK? If not, is there a program that will let me convert .DO's to .DSK's?

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: ADT 1.22 (DOS 3.3) works fine on a //c with the appropriate serial cable.

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: : I have a copy of ProTerm 3 on the way (didn't know about ADT when I won it on ebay). Does anyone out there use ProTerm for transferring binaries to and from a PC? Entire disk images?

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: Yep - do it all the time and prefer this method over ADT since I can transfer any disk format directly to my IIgs. I regularly transfer SHK (Shrinkit) files and disk images (SDK) to and from my PC and IIgs with a null modem cable on the IIgs end. On the IIgs end I use ASIMOV 1.3 or ASIMOV 2.0 (GSOS) to unpack any disk format on the IIgs. Works very well. Just make sure that when you download any Apple // file or disk images (on the PC end) that the transfer is made in BINARY format at EVERY stage. I use Zmodem when transferring an Apple // image file from my PC to IIgs via ProTERM.

: I forgot to mention that I use a DOS terminal program called TELEMATE 4.0 on the PC to send my Apple // files to my IIgs via serial cable. This program is more flexible and reliable (IMO) than any Windows terminal program. It even works correctly under Windows NT.

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: Have fun!

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: John

Great! Sounds like I shouldn't have too much trouble getting things up and running once those cables come in (hopefully tomorrow).

The only thing left to do is get my old, old, old software back from my dad... That would surely give me a fatal dose of nostalgia... running programs I wrote 19 years ago. *sniff*

Thanks for your help, John. I'm sure I'll be posting my success/failure stories here sometime this coming week.

-Lee

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: : :I just got a wonderful, like-new //c a couple weeks ago and just ordered a 6FT IIc to ImgWriter I cable to connect it to my PC. I also bought a 10FT DB9M to DB25F serial cable for the conversion. Is that too long? 6FT may just barely reach in my current configuration. : : : : Should be ok : : : : : Also, has anyone else had luck using ADT on a //c? Is it possible to transfer .DO images as well as .DSK? If not, is there a program that will let me convert .DO's to .DSK's? : : : : ADT 1.22 (DOS 3.3) works fine on a //c with the appropriate serial cable. : : : : : I have a copy of ProTerm 3 on the way (didn't know about ADT when I won it on ebay). Does anyone out there use ProTerm for transferring binaries to and from a PC? Entire disk images? : : : : Yep - do it all the time and prefer this method over ADT since I can transfer any disk format directly to my IIgs. I regularly transfer SHK (Shrinkit) files and disk images (SDK) to and from my PC and IIgs with a null modem cable on the IIgs end. On the IIgs end I use ASIMOV 1.3 or ASIMOV 2.0 (GSOS) to unpack any disk format on the IIgs. Works very well. Just make sure that when you download any Apple // file or disk images (on the PC end) that the transfer is made in BINARY format at EVERY stage. I use Zmodem when transferring an Apple // image file from my PC to IIgs via ProTERM. : : I forgot to mention that I use a DOS terminal program called TELEMATE 4.0 on the PC to send my Apple // files to my IIgs via serial cable. This program is more flexible and reliable (IMO) than any Windows terminal program. It even works correctly under Windows NT. : : : : Have fun! : : : : John : : : : : John : : Great! Sounds like I shouldn't have too much trouble getting things up and running once those cables come in (hopefully tomorrow). : The only thing left to do is get my old, old, old software back from my dad... That would surely give me a fatal dose of nostalgia... running programs I wrote 19 years ago. *sniff* : Thanks for your help, John. I'm sure I'll be posting my success/failure stories here sometime this coming week. : -Lee

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