RickNel
Veteran Member
I've just been given a Mac Classic with 1.4Mb "superdisk" floppy and 4Mb RAM.
I need to lift about 17Mb of data from its HDD for the previous owner to keep.
I don't fancy struggling through 10-15 floppy copies plus the struggle of format conversion for the PC, so I'm looking at the networking possibilities. AppleTalk is loaded with 2 x serial ports, 8-pin mini-DIN.
I have an iMAC G3 that can do AppleTalk over ethernet (RJ45) and also has a modem (RJ11), but no standard serial port.
I've seen LocalTalk<->ethernet adapters (Farallon and others) with AUI plugs. Would a simple 2-wire adapter AUI<-> 8-pin miniDIN be enough to set up a link between the Classic and the iMac?
There are also DIN<->RJ11 adapters available for the "PhoneNet" 2-wire AppleTalk network. Is there any way these can be connected directly to the iMac modem port, or does PhoneNet need some kind of special hub arrangement?
If networking is too hard, I understand Apple offers a program called "PC Exchange" that lets the 1.4Mb FDD read DOS-format disks. Catch-22 is that I can't get that program onto the Mac Classic unless I can write an Apple-format FDD from a PC, or have a network connection into the Classic.
Can a PC successfully write an Apple-format diskette from an image (eg with rawrite)?
If so, I'd be looking for a source for FDD image of PC Exchange and/or network utilities for the Classic.
Any advice appreciated.
Rick
I need to lift about 17Mb of data from its HDD for the previous owner to keep.
I don't fancy struggling through 10-15 floppy copies plus the struggle of format conversion for the PC, so I'm looking at the networking possibilities. AppleTalk is loaded with 2 x serial ports, 8-pin mini-DIN.
I have an iMAC G3 that can do AppleTalk over ethernet (RJ45) and also has a modem (RJ11), but no standard serial port.
I've seen LocalTalk<->ethernet adapters (Farallon and others) with AUI plugs. Would a simple 2-wire adapter AUI<-> 8-pin miniDIN be enough to set up a link between the Classic and the iMac?
There are also DIN<->RJ11 adapters available for the "PhoneNet" 2-wire AppleTalk network. Is there any way these can be connected directly to the iMac modem port, or does PhoneNet need some kind of special hub arrangement?
If networking is too hard, I understand Apple offers a program called "PC Exchange" that lets the 1.4Mb FDD read DOS-format disks. Catch-22 is that I can't get that program onto the Mac Classic unless I can write an Apple-format FDD from a PC, or have a network connection into the Classic.
Can a PC successfully write an Apple-format diskette from an image (eg with rawrite)?
If so, I'd be looking for a source for FDD image of PC Exchange and/or network utilities for the Classic.
Any advice appreciated.
Rick