Date   : Tue, 20 Oct 1992 19:22:54 GMT
From   : phoenix.Princeton.EDU!mneufeld@princeton.edu (Michael John Neufeld)
Subject: Re: apple II --> IBMPC --> ADAM cp/m 2.2 conversion

In article <9210200704.AA23397@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> C588212@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU
writes:
>I am looking for a program that will allow and IBMPC to read Apple II
disks.  I
>have a program to transfer PC files to the Coleco Adam but I am lacking the
>Apple to IBM jump.  I have used Apple file exchange on the Mac before, but I
>don't have an Mac and hate bothering my old High School teacher.  If anyone
has
>a copy or knows of a FTP site where it may reside please tell me.
>      thanks!

If you're talking about the old Disk II CP/M format (from way back
in the old ][,][+, and //e days), you might be out of luck.  I recently
spent some time looking around for such a program so that I could
convert some old 5.25" Apple CP/M disks to my IBM without having to actually
get a hold of an Apple (my ][+ got stolen).  From what I gathered by
reading comp.sys.apple2 (and from doing archie searches and finding
programs to convert from IBM to just about everything EXCEPT Apple), the
old Apple disks use a radically different encoding method, fundamentally
incompatible with IBM drives.  (I'm not sure exactly what the differences
are)  The newer Apple drives, however, are supposed to be able to read/write
IBM format, but then you'd need an Apple to actually do the writing. 
Of course you could do a direct serial port connection, but then, again, 
you'd need an Apple to connect with.  If anybody out there has got a program 
that'll prove me wrong, I'd like to get a copy!

-Mike
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