Re: making acutal floppys out of .dsk images from the net

["Macnlos" <macnlosNOSPAM@mindspring.com>]

Search for the Apple II FAQ from Rubywand, it has a lot of information on
this.  I just finished doing what you are asking for the first time.  Here
is what I did:

1) Download "ProType" for the mac (this is a file type changer for the mac)
2) Download "gshk.sea" for the IIgs to your mac (this is a ShrinkIt
dearchiver)
3) Download "asimov.shk" for the IIgs to your mac (this is a DSK image to
Floppy converter)
4) Download "tchange" for the IIgs to your mac (this is a file type change
for the IIgs)
5) Rename "tchange" to "tchange.txt"
6) Drag "tchange.txt" onto "ProType" to convert it to a text type document.
7) Copy "tchange.txt", "asimov.shk", "gshk.sea" to a ProDos 3.5" floppy.
8) Boot the IIgs and get to the Basic prompt.
9) Set the prefix to the floppy with "tchange.txt" on it.
10) type:    BLOAD TCHANGE.TXT, TTXT, A2048
11) type:    BSAVE TCHANGE.BIN, A2048, L15711
12) type:    DELETE TCHANGE.TXT
13) TCHANGE.BIN is now ready to run on the IIgs as a binary.
14) Run TCHANGE.BIN and convert the "gshk.sea" file type to BIN.
15) Now "gshk.sea" is ready to run.
16) Run "gshk.sea" and it will extract itself and leave you with the GSHK
binary.
17) Run the GSHK binary and extract the "asimov.shk" archive.
18) You now should a working copy of asimov on you IIgs.
19) Copy a DSK image file to a ProDOS floppy on your mac.
20) Take that floppy to your IIgs and run "asimov" on it.
21) Instruct "asimov" to extract the DSK image to floppy.
22) Make sure that you have a formatted floppy in you disk drive.

Goodluck,
Macnlos

"Nailslover" <nailslover@aol.com> wrote in message
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> how do i make actual disk images on my mac of apple 2 software that i have
> downloaded from the net?
>
> i would like to start using some of the software from the net on my 2gs's
but i
> am unsure how to convert the .dsk images.
>
> thanks
> bo
>