Apple II: Put the Zoid back in Zoidberg

Also, sorry for the crosspost, but this thread has several suggestions on porting Apple ][ floppies to Macs:

http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/15/047252

One question would be whether the 5.25" floppy would even read after this much time. Twenty-plus years is a LONG time for a 5.25" floppy...

Another factor would be whether it was DOS 3.3 or ProDOS-based. The Disk OS becomes less important if Zoid doesn't do any disk access for "levels", etc, but it will still help to know. I believe there are more utilities for transferring ProDOS disks than Apple DOS (DOS 3.x) disks.

Those two factors will be the most important in determining the Port-ability of David's game, Zoid.

Having said all that, I believe there was a utility to transfer Apple ][ floppies to a Mac using a Serial connection (Super Serial Card or Apple II GS -> an "old skool" Mac with RS-422 (serial) ports.

I have the following to help:

Apple ][+ with Super Serial Card and 5.25" floppies.

Apple ][ GS (but I think that step can be skipped)

PowerMac 8500, up and running MacOS 8.6 and 9.1 (yes it has serial ports)

PowerMac G5 in the same network as the 8500, running OS 10.3.9 and OS 9.2.2

LOTSA Apple ][ Assembly language and DOS knowledge.

Experience with RS-232 RS-422 connections on Macs.

Now all I need is that floppy... ;-)

Neat. Zoidberg was never my favorite, but he did move up a few spots recently after I started paying more attention to him. Some of his wry comments just crack me up & his humor is totally different from the other characters.

"Hooray! Somebody's finally paying attention to me!"

I could probably do this. I can copy it onto my Apple IIGS and then use one of the macs in my collection to make a disk image.

http://home.windstream.net/dc71414/

"The president is gagging on my swim bladder! What an honor!"

David X. Cohen is currently repped by CAA. Perhaps TUAW can find a volunteer and contact him via his agent (they have a ton of time these days).

I did this a few years ago when I transferred all my own code from Apple II to a Mac-based emulator.

I went through a mostly convoluted method, but it looks like the Virtual ][ guy(s) (as someone else mentioned) have a more direct route:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~gp/VirtualII/A2V2Help/A2V2Help.html

Looks like it involves transferring a disk from an Apple II to a Mac via a serial connection and maybe a //c would be easiest for this b/c the serial hw is built-in.

Cheers,
FL

OH YOUR GOD OH YOUR GOD OH YOUR GOD! Johnny Z is my best friend. There's absolutely nothing funnier than a planet of stereotypical Jewish lobsters. Irony is wonderful. Also, if you look throughout Futurama, there are more digs aimed at Windows, and subtle boosts toward Mac than I can count. I tried looking them up, but all I can remember are the '1984' ad parody and the scrolling ticker on the galactic stock-exchange. Perhaps other people remember? Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm going for a scuttle. Whoop whoop whoop!

"It's finfungus... I didnt have the heart to tell him...he'll be floating belly up by morning!"

I've got a working //c in my room, with an extra floppy drive.
I could send them if needed.. but the bad part is that I'm in Chile.