Thanks for the feedback, see my responses below:
1) Yeah, version 4 of BinHex would be fine, it's about the same size and I don't imagine any problems with it. My process for transferring files across to the physical 512k is to first test and prepare the files in Mini vMac, that way I can archive and extract the files using the exact same program, so I haven't had any issue with BinHex 5. But with Packit you don't even need it, because Packit will recognize any file type. Also with MacTerminal 1.1, I found that you cannot receive files at text. Seems pretty ridiculous, but it will only receive files when set to XModem transfers.
2) I did try CompactPro but couldn't find a version that would run on System 2.0. And also it needs to be small. Keep in my that my goal is to work with a system that has two 400k floppy drives as the only storage, so size is important. Check out Packit, there are two versions: v1.0 (9k), and v3 (30k). V3 does compression but it's very slow, so I prefer to use v1.
3) Thanks for the suggestion, while the serial link works fine, it is slow. I run it at 9600 baud and even at that speed it should be faster, so I'll experiment with using CTS and RTS.
4) I wanted to keep things simple with this solution, not only for myself but others wanting to do the same thing. So USB to serial is very easy. Would be interested to hear more about ethernet to serial if that's what you mean.
1) Yeah, version 4 of BinHex would be fine, it's about the same size and I don't imagine any problems with it. My process for transferring files across to the physical 512k is to first test and prepare the files in Mini vMac, that way I can archive and extract the files using the exact same program, so I haven't had any issue with BinHex 5. But with Packit you don't even need it, because Packit will recognize any file type. Also with MacTerminal 1.1, I found that you cannot receive files at text. Seems pretty ridiculous, but it will only receive files when set to XModem transfers.
2) I did try CompactPro but couldn't find a version that would run on System 2.0. And also it needs to be small. Keep in my that my goal is to work with a system that has two 400k floppy drives as the only storage, so size is important. Check out Packit, there are two versions: v1.0 (9k), and v3 (30k). V3 does compression but it's very slow, so I prefer to use v1.
3) Thanks for the suggestion, while the serial link works fine, it is slow. I run it at 9600 baud and even at that speed it should be faster, so I'll experiment with using CTS and RTS.
4) I wanted to keep things simple with this solution, not only for myself but others wanting to do the same thing. So USB to serial is very easy. Would be interested to hear more about ethernet to serial if that's what you mean.