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Post #9 by Concorde1993
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateMon, 18 Oct 2010 - 21:09
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/apple-iii-is-it-worth-it.21532/
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I only have one Apple II disk in my collection, which is AppleWorks 2.0 (1987 edition). My grandfather, way back in 1978, purchased an Apple II computer, and used it when he was department head for moderns at his high school. As the story goes, he sold it in the late 80s, and went the way of the Commodore PC 10-III, which he purchased for himself, and my second-cousin (my second-cousin allowed me to keep his as he no longer has a use for it; my grandfather's is no longer among us). As a result, whatever software/programs he wrote, and purchased during that span of time was either thrown out, or sold (I still have a vast majority of his Commodore disks, however, which were designed for the PC 10-III system). Besides the one Apple II disk, I have the owner's manual for the 5.25" external floppy. That's about it.

That fellow who is selling the Apple III was also selling a II+, which is what I was originally interested in purchasing for $60, and it came with software disks, two floppy drives, an original Apple monitor, joystick, manuals, etc. Unfortunately, I was not quick enough to obtain it. The seller informed me that he had other computers, and that is how the Apple III came into discussion (he said he also had a Lisa, but he cannot find it. :?: )

I saw the disk images on Apple3.org (a great website, BTW). How would I go about transferring the disk image from a June 2010 MacBook Pro to a 1980 Apple III? I doubt I still have blank 5.25" disks lying around.

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