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Re: AppleII



On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Mack wrote:

> Might be a little off topic, but I couldn't find any other solution:
> 
> I have some disks with hundreds of pages (hebrew) written on an old
> Apple2.
> 
> I need to transfer these files to my PC (linux).
> 
> Any way to read those diskettes on my linux,and somehow extract the files
> from this filesystem ?
> 
> (I don't have an apple2 with a serial port to transfer the files from)
> 
> Another possible solution:  suppose I use a PLIP cable (parallel cable
> connecting two machines), connect an apple2 to the PC, and send those
> files to the printer on the apple2, is there a way for the PC to simulate
> the printer and capture those files from /dev/lp0 ?

Apple floppies can't be read (without a hell of a lot of harware hacking)
by a PC floppy drive, and apple 2 machine (or macs for that m,atter) don't
have parallel ports... try to find and apple with a serial port for a
print capture...

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