Re: IIGS booting options

[Roy Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

witchy wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Been reading the GS messages on here and so far nobody's touched on my
> question.....I've got 2 GS' now, one signed by the man himself (not
> the 'signature' edition - a proper sig, it's also dedicated to the
> previous owner) and one boxed one, both of which I'm particularly
> pleased with.
> However, I've eventually got my paws on the 5 1/4" drive to go with
> it, but because my main machine is a PC (sorry) I'm having to rely on
> 800K images to get me going. Can I use the 800K external floppy from
> the Mac Plus or do I need the GS 3 1/2" floppy?

The 800K drive from a Mac works with the IIgs, just make sure it's
attached first to the disk drive port.

Roy

> I've tried making 800K
> disk images on a Performa 5300 but I get no joy on the IIGS....
>
> Any suggestions welcome; I've got a lot of Macs in the museum from the
> Plus up to the Performa 6320 so there's a variety of hardware to play
> with, failing that has anyone got a GS 3 1/2" drive for sale at not
> ebay prices?
>
> thanks!
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