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From: jmsommer@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu (Jeff Sommer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Help- How do I read apple dos diskette in my MSDOS pc?
Message-ID: <91055.182125jmsommer@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu>
Date: 24 Feb 91 23:21:25 GMT
References: <3214@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
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In article <3214@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>, @crdgw1.ge.com:miyaoka@afcsa.af.mil (exos:)
says:
>
>Help - How do I read apple dos ( pro dos ?) diskettes directly
>on my msdos pc?  I need to get some files (ascii and apple-
>works) from an apple2 5 1/4 in diskette.  Is there any
>software out there which will allow my msdos pc to
>read (and translate ?) apple2 disks?
 
Nope, it's physically impossible.  Sorry.
 
Your only hope is to have a serial port on both the apple and the ibm with a
null modem and use some sort of file transfer protocol.
 
Kermit 3.86 is the newest version available for the Apple ][ series.  On
BITNET, send an interactive message to KERMSRV at CUVMA.  (I think that still
works... somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.)
 
 
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