Okay, if I understand correctly, Buffaloo wants to transfer .DSK images
from his PC to his Apple II. Here's what I know:

Null Modem Xfer:
I've done this and it works great as long as you have "dumb"-terminal
software for both systems and know how to use it. Technically, you
don't even need modems to accomplish this type of xfer, since you can
directly connect the serial ports of each computer (using appropriate
cables) and get greater speed than you'll get from a modem. The
software won't know any different since it just deals with the serial
port hardware and wouldn't know a modem if one bit it.

Apple SuperDrive:
The Apple SuperDrive 3.5" floppy-drive has the ability to read/write MS-
DOS disks when used with either an Apple II or a Mac. To use this drive
with the Apple II you'll need what's commonly referred to as
the "SuperDrive Controller Card" by everyone but Apple. If you look at
one of these cards you'll see instead the Apple name for the
card 'Apple 3.5" Disk Controller Card' printed right on the card itself.

The other component needed to read an MS-DOS disk using the Apple
SuperDrive is software to deal with the MS-DOS filesystem (which is
foreign to the Apple II). The GS/OS MS-DOS FST is one way to do this if
you have a IIgs.
Another program capable of reading files from MS-DOS disk is the
shareware 'MSDOS Utilities' by Peter Watson ([email protected] or
[email protected] or [email protected]) The advantage of
using 'MSDOS Utilities' is that, unlike Apple's MS-DOS FST, Peter still
supports it (last contacted fall 1999). MSDOS Utilities can be
downloaded from
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple16/System/Ndas/mug101.txt
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple16/System/Ndas/mug101.bxy

Connect a PC 3.5" drive to an Apple II:
You can do this using the SHHSysteme BlueDisk Interface Card. Although
I bought one of these last year I don't know whether they are still
supported (of course neither is Apple's card.) Contact Joachim Lange:
[email protected].
Once you have a PC floppy connected use one of the above utilities to
transer your files.

TrackStar:
This hardware device plugs into a PC and allows it to read Apple II
floppies. I know nothing else about it except that I've only ever seen
one of them.

Applied Engineering PC Transporter:
This is an Apple II expansion board containing a PC processor, drive
interface port and enough RAM to run the system. This board allows your
Apple II to boot MS-DOS programs and actually become a PC. You connect
a PC floppy drive to the port on the PC Transporter and go to town. As
an added bonus your Apple II can use the memory on the board as
expansion RAM!
I've never seen a PC Transporter and Applied Engineering died years
ago. By all accounts it works like a charm, but if you manage to find
one of these, you're pretty much on your own. Very few people actually
remember how to use one.

Once you have transferred your .DSK files from PC to Apple II using any
of the above methods, you'll still need a program for the Apple II to
read a .DSK file and make a 5.25" floppy disk from it. I know they
exist, but I don't know what they are.

Good Luck  :)
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