apple2ebeige@yahoo.com (Dave) asked: >I have a binary file that's a machine language executable for ProDOS >on my PC that I need to get onto the A2. I have several comms >programs (zlink, proterm, etc.) that will transfer files, but there >seems to be some magic involved in making sure the resulting ProDOS >file is the right type. Can anyone help out? A simple way to ensure that the file type info and dates transfer properly is to create a ShrinkIt archive of the file, transfer that, and then un-shrink on the Apple II. ShrinkIt will tolerate any file type if you ask it to (by typing Open-Apple S at the file dialog). >Also, is there an easy way to transfer a file from native file system >(PC, Mac) to an emulator disk image? CiderPress is the best program for working with ShrinkIt archives and disk images on the PC, although Apple Oasis' Disk Manager is also very handy. I don't use a Mac for this purpose, but there is a "beta" program called ADFS for it. -michael Check out amazing quality sound for 8-bit Apples on my Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ A 9 to 25 pin "modem" cabler is what you need to use if the SSC is setup right. They can be bought cheap from cyberguys.com. MechCD wrote: > It was terribly complex for me for some reason. I blame user error on it. I > goofed several times > > First, you obtain a super erial (or compatible) card for the Apple II. The > SSC needs to be in slot 2. You then set the baud rate and other settings to > something low to start off with. I chose 300 baud, I probably could have > gone higher. You set the SSC to "terminal" and fire up a terminal program on > a PC. Set its settings to the same ones you set on the SSC. Type "IN#2" on > the Apple without the quotes and start the connection on the PC side. > Anything you type on the PC should show up on the Apple. A regular staright > through serial cable cna be used when the SS is set to "terminal". A 25 pin > to 9 pin adapter will be needed somewhere > > Once you have that working, download ADT and paste the sourcecode into the > PC terminal. It will type out the source on the Apple and save it to a disk > (lets hope you have a bootable DOS or ProDOS disk). You can then exit the > terminal, run the program, and transfer whole disks across the serial link. > You might want to pick up some spare disks for this. > > I'll admit a lot of this isn't documented in one place and its very > frustrating to figure out on your own. The problems I ran into included > cards being in the wrong slots, a bad cable, and a lack of a bootable disk > with free space. The SSC needs to be in slot 2 mainly because thats where > evryone else puts it. The disk controller should be in slot 6 since thats > where mostdisk software looks for it. I had mine in 7 and it worked fine, > but I had to modify the BSAVE command so it saved to slot 7, disk 1. > > "Josiah" wrote in message > news:6PXkc.10435$0H1.1129835@attbi_s54... > >>>You run the source code onto the Apple through a serial link. You could > > do > >>>that for just about any program, but it would take a while and wouldn't >> >>work >> >>>for some disks. >> >>Would you mind terribley explaining how that would be done? ;-) >>(Or provide a link to good instructions on how to..) >> >> > > > -- John Van Winkle Appleiieman@charter.net Home of the 2 Enhanced Apple IIe's