PC to GS file delimma..HELP :P

[immortalsoule]

Right, that's enough.
immortalsoule, the only person who is out of line in this thread is you. I really don't see why you're getting all worked up about people continuing to post in this thread. It's great that your question was answered a while back, but that does not mean that this thread is automatically closed. People are still fully entitled to continue adding information and advice, even if you don't want to take it into account.

I know you're new here, so I'll cut you a bit of slack. However, acting like this (i.e. insulting other members of the forum) is a really good way to get yourself banned.

Ban away, Tom.

Your little breeding ground of elitist "wanna-be" scholars on the Apple is about the worst forum I've run into in the last 10 years. This place, according to your time-line, is not even a year old and you're using phrases like "long-time members".

Technically if YOU had actually "read" I wasn't the 1st person to be insulting here, II2II was by telling me to actually "read" the posts and instructing me on a bunch of crap that was totally unnecessary. He was showing off, anyone who's got any lineage knows it. If you wanna back your big-shot who are doing nothing but really stroking their egos, go for it.

But I've been in and out of the Apple world for over 20 years. It tends to breed elitist like yourselves who gang up on people who you "think" is new. I was assembling these machines, by hand, back in the 80s before people even thought of forums like this.

I came into ask a question about software, it turned into a "know it all fest" where half of the answers were spit balling instead of really direct answers. The least you people can do is just answer the question and then get on with your lives rather than run it into the ground with a bunch of "extra" useless info and advice that's completely pointless toward the original question.

Christ, GET some lineage before you act like you've got some. A baby forum and you people think you're elites. You just can't stand it when someone stands up to you. I was advised not to come here because it's more ego than actual help here, i can see the warning was right on the mark.

Pathetic.

 

[gobabushka]

ok, ur the one who started the thread, and we are just trying to help. as for ur problem, ADTPro is ur best bet. sry for jumping in, but i dont like people just coming in and insulting the forum and flaming all over.

 

[~tl]

Since there are often multiple solutions to any given problem, it's common for other members to add additional replies to a thread with different suggestions. While we're all thrilled that the first solution worked out for you, there may be other members with similar problems reading this and a different solution might work better for them. Claiming that II2II replied simply to "show off" his knowledge is preposterous. Everyone here is just trying to help and I'm sorry if you don't see it that way.

My comments about you being "new" was only to do with how long you've been a member of these forums. I wasn't trying to pass judgement about how long you've been using Apple computers or how much you know about them. So I'm sorry if you misconstrued my comment. To be honest, this is the very reason we don't show a member's post count on their profile. It's a sad fact, but people tend to assume that members who have made more posts are more knowledgeable. This, of course, can be completely false. However, members who have been on these forums longer should be more used to the way they work -- and hence we give a bit more slack to new members, since they're not always familiar with our policies and procedures.

As for our lineage... this forum has existed in one form or another for just over 6 years. The first version was started in November 2001 and is available at the Old Forum Archive link at the top of the page. The current forums were re-launched early last year after we lost our database due to a problem with our hosting provider. I haven't had a chance to upload what data remains of 2003-2007 yet, but I will get around to it at some point.

 

[II2II]

For what it's worth, I was offering the MMGR/Zmodem solution because it sounded like the original poster wanted something to transfer files rather than just disk images (ADTPro is a disk image utility). Unknown_K offered advice for transferring files, rather than disk images, too. Though you do have to be careful with his approach for the stated reason. And to be honest, I think that reason affects ProDOS 8 more than GS/OS.

As for the personal attacks, I'll take them with a grain of salt -- but will add a couple of things: don't take my behaviour as typical of all of the members on these forums. I, and a few others, just have a low tollerance for some things. The other thing is that I didn't even see your PM and haven't read it it. And I won't read it until after this is posted, just in case it pushes more buttons like you suggested it will.

 

[foody]

Here is the answer to your question http://www.reactivemicro.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_23&products_id=32 buy it. It comes with 256 MB CF card and a USB adaptor so that your PC can read the card. Download the free software cider and you are done. You can transfer files between PC and your GS in less than 30 seconds...and you are done and on top of that your GS will have an internal hard drive. You can boot directly to system 6.0.1 with your GS.