A question regarding old APPLE 2 E...with 5 1/4 floppy

[Kellye]

I am hoping someone here may have an answer to this question. I had a client contact me and he has an old Apple 2e..no hard drive .it uses the old 5 1/4 floppies. He has just aquired a new powermac and he wants to transfer the stuff on his old apple 2e to his new mac...
I was thinking to just add a 5 1/4 floppy drive to the new one and copy it in...but I don't know if that will work..
any ideas?
thanks
Kellye

 

[jimbopalmer]

The Programs are not at all similar, there are Apple ][ emulators for the mac, mostly for games. The mac always had 3.5 inch floppys, there were hardware emulators for the Apple II in the late 80's early ninties (ebay may find one), that added 5.25 drives. the Apple ][ had serial cards, perhaps Zterm would capture the data serially. The one thing you can't give for your heart's desire is your heart. - Lois McMaster Bujold

 

[DaveGoTech]

If he really needs the data (not programs) you can look for an Apple IIgs with both 3.5" and 5.25" floppy drives. You can copy the data on the gs to the 3.5" drive, then copy it on the Mac.

 

[Zelandakh]

Or find an old PC, nick the floppy drive and add it to a new PC and copy it over that way (use a Mac reading product like MacEnabler).

 

[jimbopalmer]

the 5 1/4 in a Apple II uses GCR format, not the MFM a PC 5 1/4 uses The one thing you can't give for your heart's desire is your heart. - Lois McMaster Bujold