Mark Wolfe Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) very cool, I just google adtpro also and I am beginning to see the light. thank you where are the game servers located? someone mentioned an ftp? I am mainly just interested in the IIGS. I have been stumped as to how I transfer disc images of games to an actual floppy. I even tried to do it with one of my older macs but could not get it to work. thanks to BOTH of you. I hit reply before I saw cebus chime in!! thanks for the links Edited July 23, 2011 by Mark Wolfe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Here's one of the mirrors.. Not sure how much IIGS stuff is there tho? http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/ desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Here's one of the mirrors.. Not sure how much IIGS stuff is there tho? http://mirrors.apple...ple.asimov.net/ desiv looks like the asimov site has a directory named "gs" and inside that is a ton of stuff. using this process, can I make copies of disk images to actual floppies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Yep! That's what I do. I've got 20 or so floppies in a box that I just swap between with disk images. Works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) ha! just found one of my favs: Uninvited.zip so how do I put this on floppy? the serial connection method can not play disk images right? most of the games I want to play are on disk images, or did I miss something. [i still have to pour over the links and vids posted] edit: oh man this opened a whole can o' worms... now I gotta go dig up my IIGS rig from storage... hehe Edited July 23, 2011 by Mark Wolfe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) You use the serial cable method with ADTPro to make a game disk from the image. It's the "Apple Game Server" (which is also serial) that you don't make disks, you just play, so it's not what you are looking for. desiv Edited July 23, 2011 by desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 BTW: if you are looking to play classic games using the CFFA3000, don't count on too many of the game disk images working on this thing. most won't run. Really? How so? Seems like a perfect solution so far. Could always be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) BTW: if you are looking to play classic games using the CFFA3000, don't count on too many of the game disk images working on this thing. most won't run. Really? How so? Seems like a perfect solution so far. Could always be wrong though. regarding making the floppies... was reading what you guys posted and I understand now... wow, can't believe I did not know about this, regarding the CFFA3000, I may be mistaken. I wrote the guy who made the MicroDrive and I reread what he told me just now and he did mention the CFFA may do what we want. best to ask the guy who makes it before you buy it. the problem lies in the games [i was referring to IIGSin the conversation] that require the disk to run and a bunch of other technical stuff I didn't quite follow but maybe it does work. if so, that would be awesome. we need to be sure just copying the contents of the disk images to the "hard drive" will work, unless the CFFA has some sort of floppy emulation? I didn't think it had that though. Edited July 23, 2011 by Mark Wolfe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 unless the CFFA has some sort of floppy emulation? I didn't think it had that though. Yes, as far as I can see the new CFFA has direct floppy emulation, which has been lacking in every single effort so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I can bootstrap a bunch of single-load games off my cell phone with a male-to-male cable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 unless the CFFA has some sort of floppy emulation? I didn't think it had that though. Yes, as far as I can see the new CFFA has direct floppy emulation, which has been lacking in every single effort so far. wow, ok that changes everything. about freakin' time man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telengard Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) unless the CFFA has some sort of floppy emulation? I didn't think it had that though. Yes, as far as I can see the new CFFA has direct floppy emulation, which has been lacking in every single effort so far. That's my understanding too, and why I can't WAIT. There's a video on youtube demonstrating it from Kansasfest. Of course I now can't find it. Boooooooo ~telengard Edited July 25, 2011 by telengard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesk Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 There's a video on youtube demonstrating it from Kansasfest. Of course I now can't find it. Boooooooo ~telengard Found it for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q113bbwR5A&feature=player_embedded 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesk Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 They are on sale at the website. If you want one, I'd order now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatta Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I saw that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 ADTPro is what I use on my IIe (via ethernet using my Uther card). It works 99% of the time, but there are some bad disk images out there that don't seem to want to work no matter what I do. There are also a handful of games that are only in .nib or .po format rather than .dsk. Still I must have transferred over 200 disks at this point and I've never been happier. To me having the physical disk is much more convenient than using a CF card and pawing through file lists. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Ordered mine, can't wait to get it! I've been waiting for a total solution for the AII for sooooo long now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Man, if only I hadn't spent way too much on some other things recently... $150 is a great price for that, just a bit tough to justify after some other acquisitions.. desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 It looks neat, but I can't justify $150 for it right now considering I currently have a perfectly viable solution (ADTPro) for my IIe gaming needs. Maybe someday. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Ok i bought one with the recent funds I scrapped up selling some stuff - not a big Apple fan but always wanted to play with one. Used ADTPro to convert a few disks but is very very slow and unreliable for me at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I have one of the last revisions of the original CFFA card so it's tough for me to justify buying another card. Maybe some time next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesk Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 The website says Run #1 is sold out. I figure if he's calling it run #1 there might be a #2 if you missed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 The website says Run #1 is sold out. I figure if he's calling it run #1 there might be a #2 if you missed out. I'm guessing there will be more than a couple runs with all the Apple fans out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnusfalkirk Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 The website says Run #1 is sold out. I figure if he's calling it run #1 there might be a #2 if you missed out. I'm guessing there will be more than a couple runs with all the Apple fans out there. I managed to get in on the first run. Can't wait to get the CFFA3000, along with the remote and cable, to plug into my GS. Then with the ability to run .nib, .dsk, .po and most other disk images I won't need to worry so much about transferring images back to real disks. magnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatta Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I passed on the remote. I dont' think it's really that big of a deal to hit a key combo to get into the firmware to swap floppies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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