Re: Another Newbie IIgs User

["DaffyD" <daffyd@woohoo.com>]

I downloaded the 6.01 files onto floppy disks. Are you suggesting that I
copy the 2nd desk over to a 5.25" floppy disk (is this the 800K disk)?
I don't really know anything about this Apple system since I've always been
a pc user.
Now, we have 3 IIgs machines (all from the school). Can I install AppleShare
in one of the other two?  I still need to read up on how to install from a
floppy disk.  I know how to install programs on a Windows pc, using Apple is
like having to learn an entirely new language.
As far as reformating from the Finder, as I wrote, we don't have the Finder
on the Apple IIgs that I have running now. I haven't had time to check the
other two machines yet.


"Jon Bettencourt" <processoroverclocked@33mhz.cjb.net> wrote in message
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> In article <DrC25.6872$FC6.73452@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
> "DaffyD" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I got an Apple IIgs from my kids' school with all sorts of games on
5.25"
> > floppy disks. Everything worked ok but at first we didn't have a mouse
but
> > did have the 3.5" and 5.25" floppy drives. Now that we have the mouse
I'd
> > like to know how I can install in OS into the Apple so that we have The
> > Finder screen and other Apple appls?
> > Thank you to all who respond.
>
> There are several options you have.
>
> 1) Download the GS/OS 6.0.1 disk images from Apple's FTP site, DiskCopy
> the second disk image onto an 800K disk, and try to boot from it. If you
> can't, take it over to the Mac, copy all the files to a folder on the hard
> disk, reformat the disk as ProDOS from the Finder, and copy the files
> back. You won't be able to squeeze any more onto it than what is already
> there, but you can at least see what it's like.
>
> 2) Get a Focus hard drive or a SCSI card and hard drive and boot from
> that. The Focus drive has the OS already installed. For a SCSI hard drive,
> you'll need to reformat it and install the OS with the disk images from
> Apple's FTP site.
>
> 3) Get a Mac to use as a file server. Particularly old ones are good for
> this. Install the AppleShare 3 server software on it (you can use
> AppleShare 2 if it's really old, like a Mac SE) and the necessary Apple II
> setup files (under custom install). Set up the IIgs for AppleTalk, connect
> it to the server, and put the GS/OS files on it (the server). This is the
> way I have mine set up right now. I won't go into detail on how to set up
> the file server in this post. It's a pretty lengthy process.
>
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