Re: Make bootable IIgs disks on a Mac?

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"Ken Tucker" <ktucker@iit.net> wrote in message
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> I have a PC, a Mac Performa (~1994), and an Apple IIgs. I'm going to go
out
> and get a modem cable and null modem adapter so I can connect the Mac to
my
> PC, where I have downloaded many Apple II images. The question I have
is...
> Once I get the images on the Mac, how can I create IIgs-bootable 800k
> floppies from the Mac? I know I have images of ProDOS and System6, but I
> want to make sure this can be done from the Mac. I don't have a single
piece
> of software (on disk) for my IIgs yet, and I want to get started.
>
> Thanks for your help!
> Ken
>

Mac OS 7.5 or higher supports 800k ProDOS diskettes automatically
when you insert it.  If you put an 800k blank disk, the Mac will
ask you if you want to format it using Mac HFS or Apple II ProDOS.
You will need a copy of DiskCopy 6.3 from Apple.  Run DiskCopy
and then take the images of GS/OS and drag/drop them on the
DiskCopy dialog box.  This will launch the disk images as virtual
disk.  Copy the files from the virtual disk to the ProDOS diskettes.
Take the GS/OS disk to your IIgs and it should work.

Another fact to note, OS 7.5 will support 1.44 meg MS-DOS
diskette format.  Just copy your files from you PC/Windows
machine onto 1.44 meg floppies and put them in the Mac.  The
Mac should be able to read them.  The other way is to download
TransMac for the PC.  This will allow you to transfer files from
the PC to a Mac formatted disk.  Here is the link.

http://www.asy.com/

Hope this helps. One other thing, if you don't have 800k DSDD
disk, you can trick the Mac into formatting an 800K disk by
putting a piece of tape over the second hole on the diskette.
This is the hole that does not have the slider tab.  It will make
the Mac think it is an 800k disk.  Problem is that formatting
HD diskettes will only last for a short period of time and
are not good for long term usage since the format of the
magnetic material is slightly out of spec for a DSDD disk.
It will work but it is only good in the short term.  It will get
you started anyway.
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