A Call-A.P.P.L.E. Emulation Special A Complete Guide to Using ADT for Apple ÅÆ PC file Transfers
Over the last several months, I but you can usually pick up one for 5- This cable should have a Female have entertained several requests 10$ through online auction sites such DB-9 and a Male DB-25. One for information about Apple to PC as Ebay. you have this cable, connect the transfers and vice-versa. Though cable to the Apple and the PC. several packages are available to Once you have the card, you will need Make a note of the PC Serial perform this task, there is only one to set the jumper switches on the card port number that you connect the that we think is as seamless as it to the following settings: cable to. You will need this for gets. later specification within the ADT program. Apple Disk Transfer (ADT) by Paul Switch 1
Guertin is one of the simplest Switch Position Meaning Floppy Disk Setup packages to use. Although many ------Apple II web sites still have -- Before you can actually transfer software in Shrinkit (.SHK) format, 1-1 Off Sw1-1 through 1-4 in the ADT software to your Apple II, Off Position the .DSK format is catching on. 1-2 Off is 19200 baud (15B) you will need to initialize a blank 1-3 Off * floppy disk There are currently 3 packages 1-4 Off * that are within the ADT line. There 1-5 On Switch 1-5, 1-6 in 1) Boot the DOS 3.3 System Master on position is is ADT 1.22, which is a DOS 2) Remove the System Master from 1-6 On Communications Drive 1 based version of the program. Mode 3) Insert a blank disk into Drive 1 ADTw 1.22 is the 32-bit version of 1-7 On RS-232-C Signals 4) Type NEW and press
Upon starting Hyper Terminal, you On the Apple II, type PR#2. This will will be presented with a window to set the card to the mode for displaying enter the name of the service. We the information on the PC Hyper recommend naming it Apple so Terminal Window and allowing the PC that it is clear as to the purpose to control the Apple II. once you have saved your settings. Type in the name of the service To test it, type CATALOG and press You will need to set the and click the OK button. enter. If the Apple II beeps and gives parameters shown in the you an error, make sure that your following table: You will then be presented with the Caps Lock is on and try again. COM port selection window. Set the COM port to the same COM Once you have tested the control, and ADT Control Parameters port that you plugged the null you are sure it is working, you can modem cable into on the back of Disk Slot begin to transfer the ADT programs. Disk Drive the PC. Once you have selected SSC Slot the appropriate COM port, click the There are two files that we will need to SSC Speed OK button. transfer in order use the program. Read Retries Write Retries Use Checksum The next window you will see will ADTCFG.BAS Enable Sound be the data control window. This ADT.DMP included the speed and the error correction. Set the parameters to The first file is the configuration the following information: program that you will use to configure These parameters will control ADT on the Apple II. The second where the Apple will write and Bits / Sec.: 19200 program is the binary ADT program. read to and from, the Super Data Bit: 8 Both of these programs will Serial Card, Error Correction and Parity: None automatically save themselves to the whether the computer will beep Stop Bit: 1 floppy. when a floppy has been Flow Control: Xon/Xoff completed. To begin the transfer of the files, After setting the parameters, click select TRANSFER and then TEXT You can use the arrow keys to the OK button. The window will FILE TRANSFER on the Hyper change the settings, the space now switch to the connected mode. Terminal Menu. bar to move to the next At this point, you will need to parameter, and the Return key to prepare for the data send. The screen for the file selection will accept the current settings and appear. Select one of the two files save them. If you should make a and press enter. The file will begin to mistake, will set the ADT Program Transfer scroll down the window and at the settings to the default. same time appear on the Apple II The first task you will need to window. Upon completion of the first At this point, ADT can be started. complete in this step is the setting file, repeat the process for the second You will need to also start the of the data control. First, open the file. ADT program on the PC side. PROPERTIES window under the You will need to make sure that FILE menu. Be sure that the COM Once both files have been transferred, the ADT.EXE file is in the port that the program is using is perform another Catalog on the Apple directory that you intend to write the same as the port that you II. You should see 3 programs on the and read to. plugged the cable into. disk. At this point, you are ready to configure ADT on the Apple II. The Hyper Terminal window may now be Start ADT.EXE. For the DOS by their owners. A.P.P.L.E. neither version, you will see a window that supports nor condones the copying or ADT History looks something like this: distribution of any such program. From ADTw 1.22 Readme.txt
The ADT programs are freeware and Rich Williamson may be distributed as specified under ([email protected]) released the GNU license. All source code for SENDDISK on April 9, 1993. these programs is also included with His Apple-side program read an the zipped disks. entire disk with DOS' RWTS (Read Write Track Sector) You can download the zipped files routine, and transmitted the data from the A.P.P.L.E. members software through an Apple Super Serial
library. Card in slot 1. His PC-side The 32-bit version will look like program listened to COM1 for this: Final Comments such a data stream, and stored it in a .DSK file, in the format A couple of things to note; There is a expected by the Apple II file in the extracted files called emulator "apl2em". ADT.DSK. This is the disk image of the ADT disk by Paul Guertin. It is not Paul Guertin ([email protected]) necessary to use this image as you released Apple Disk Transfer have created through the steps in this (ADT) on December 4th, 1995, article, basically what is on the disk. and updated it July 14, 1999. Starting with SENDDISK, Paul Although both of these programs However, do no delete the ADT.DSK added a nice screen layout, perform exactly the same, we image as you may need it for backup configuration menus, error recommend that you use the 32-bit purposes. (In fact, we highly recovery, data stream version for ease of use. recommend that you do make a compression, and the capability backup!) to receive .DSK images from the Notes About The Apple IIgs PC and write them back to an We have used this program to create Apple II floppy disk. If you intend to transfer programs our entire online library in .DSK format. using ADT 1.22 or ADTw 1.22, you Why would we do this you might ask? Paul Schlyter ([email protected]) will need to turn off the internal First off, the format allows us to use released ADTcc on June 13, serial port in the Apple IIgs prior to the images on either platform and it 2000. He modified ADT's Apple- inserting the Super Serial Card also can be run in any location as long side program to work with the into the machine. as you have the proper emulator older Apple Communications installed. Card and compatibles. All of the settings will work exactly the same on the II+, IIe, and the The disk images you produce using Sean Gugler (gugler- IIgs. The only item that you must these programs are complete images [email protected]) released make sure of is that you boot from and any image you have will allow you ADT Win32 Edition on December the 5.25 inch floppy drive. to re-constitute any floppy from the 1, 2000. He replaced the older image library. This is particularly PC-side DOS program with a If you wish to use the internal handy due to the fact that much of the Windows 32-bit API program of serial port on the Apple IIgs, you floppy media from the 1970’s and otherwise identical functionality. will need to use the ADTgs v.91 1980’s is beginning to deteriorate. program. It also only transfers This brings ADT into the world of 5.25 inch floppy disks. You can always download the zipped background multi-tasking, long files of the ADT programs from the file names, and support for Copyrights, Copy Protections A.P.P.L.E. members library. We Windows NT and its progeny. provide these only as is and make no You will find once in a while that a guarantees as to their usability nor disk cannot be imaged no matter applicability to your situation. what you do. One such disk would Items Needed be the Flight Simulator 2 floppy If you have any freeware which you from Sub Logic. This program is wish to have added to the A.P.P.L.E. Apple II+ , IIe, or IIgs computer very well protected and will not library, please feel free to email the 5.25 Inch Floppy Drive copy even disk to disk. disk image, the documentation if any Apple Super Serial Card in PDF 600 dpi format to Female DB9-Male DB25 Null Although many of these programs [email protected]. Please also Modem Cable have become freeware through the provide the basic information about 1 Blank Floppy Disk efforts of several people in the the program, such as when it was 1 DOS 3.3 System master Apple community, there are many written and by whom. programs that are still copyrighted ℡