Albert T Smith
17-11-2007, 18:02
Does anyone have the use or own a Apple II with a 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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View Full Version : Apple II with a 5.25" Drive Albert T Smith 17-11-2007, 18:02 Does anyone have the use or own a Apple II with a 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive. Thank you. melthebell 17-11-2007, 18:28 used to use one at school back in the dark days, not got one now tho sorry itosan 17-11-2007, 20:45 Does anyone have the use or own a Apple II with a 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive. Thank you. Wow.......... love to see one again an Apple II Must be a long shot to find one on here. Meaks 17-11-2007, 20:48 No, but I have some punch cards if they will be of any use. massy 17-11-2007, 21:04 Yes, I'm using one to post the message right now....... ......no way.....but do a google search for apple ii emulator and you'll find loads of them! Albert T Smith 18-11-2007, 08:39 Yes, I'm using one to post the message right now....... ......no way.....but do a google search for apple ii emulator and you'll find loads of them! I don't know a lot about the technical aspects of Computing though I've been assisted a great deal by users of this forum. But I believe, because the 5.25" floppy for the Apple II was formatted using 72 Concentric Circles and divided into 13 Sectors, whilst it is standard formatting now to use 80 Circles (TPI) and 16 sectors, a emulator for the Apple II is not available. I believe it is for a Apple Mac. I hope Someone else corrects this. I'm only a old faggett at this game!! sccsux 18-11-2007, 09:55 But I believe, because the 5.25" floppy for the Apple II was formatted using 72 Concentric Circles and divided into 13 Sectors, whilst it is standard formatting now to use 80 Circles (TPI) and 16 sectors, a emulator for the Apple II is not available. I believe it is for a Apple Mac. I hope Someone else corrects this. I'm only a old faggett at this game!! Won't these (http://www.wbwip.com/a2web/a2emul.html) help?:D Albert T Smith 18-11-2007, 11:42 Won't these (http://www.wbwip.com/a2web/a2emul.html) help?:D Thank you and I'll look into the link and relevant information. I'm going to have a look, I learn something every day. Though I still think it is going to be a job of getting hard copy printed off, (if a word processing programmes available,) then scanning the result and use OCR to convert it. Then again would all this inconvenience be worth the while!! altus 18-11-2007, 12:44 If you do find one to borrow, there is a free disk transfer utility called ADTPro (http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/). You can connect the machines together for the transfer using audio leads - so you won't actually need a floppy drive on your PC! Just found this (http://www.oldskool.org/disk2fdi) which will apparently read apple disks on a PC. Albert T Smith 18-11-2007, 13:42 If you do find one to borrow, there is a free disk transfer utility called ADTPro (http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/). You can connect the machines together for the transfer using audio leads - so you won't actually need a floppy drive on your PC! Just found this (http://www.oldskool.org/disk2fdi) which will apparently read apple disks on a PC. I'll look into, including contacting people named on the threads and to all suggestions but I've a feeling that it will all come down to acquiring the use of a Apple II with a 5.25" floppy drive and Format 80. Any further suggestions please regarding me getting information off a old 5.25" floppy that was formatted on a Apple II? Nothing ventured, Nothing gained, but you always learn something. |