Re: IIc / PC serial connection

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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 : ************** : Crud, dummy me didn't realize the serial port on the back of my PC is 9-pin male. Fortunately, they only fulfilled the IIc-ImageWriter I half of the order... Looks like I'm heading to Best Buy or Radioshack for a *DB9F* to DB25F cable or adapter. : ************** : : : : : : : 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