Re: Is any IIgs capable?

[ladyphoenixxii@my-deja.com]

In article <392B05E4.EF4DACD7@xs4all.nl>,
  Ruud Dingemans <rdingema@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> After some struggling I've now been able to get my IIgs to run
> (properly). AppleWorks, ProDOS, etc. all work fine. I picked this
> machine up recently for about $ 25 including drive & monitor (which
> seems decent).
>
> Now, I've been reading up on IIgs matters, but am still left with some
> questions. Maybe some of you experts are able to answer these.
>
> The machine is a ROM 00 IIGS, 3.5 and 5.25 drives, with a memory card having
> 256K on it, giving a total of 512 K.  It's a nice little thingie.
>
> Now I wonder:
>
> A) Am I going to be able to network it? ROM 00 seems to be a huge restriction,
> and I doubt there are sources where one can still buy a 01 or 03 (are there?).
>
> On the other hand, why would Apple have released a machine with built-in
> Appletalk support if you weren't able to use this (at first)? Maybe it
> was *possible* with older versions.
>
> Which leads to my next question:
>
> B) Are things like IIGS System 3.2 and 5.0.4 (which may be able to boot
> on this 512K machine) online somewhere? I wonder if there is any ol'
> version of the
> System/Finder software which would give me a GUI and maybe Appletalk on
> this machine.
>
> And
>
> C) I've read that it is possible to boot IIGSes from the network if you
> have AppleShare 2 or 3 (which I do, and several Macs to run it on). Can
> this be done, and if so, what would I need to do?
>
> D) I also have a keen interest in GEOS for the Apple II; I used to run
> this on
> my C64 and was suitably impressed. Is this old version online somewhere?
>
> E) I have a Z80 card in Slot 4 (labeled 'A..OE soft card'), but booting
> the 'softcard.zip' files from the Net (on 3.5 inch disks) doesn't seem
> to do anything. Any ideas?
>
> Hope some of you are able to share some knowledge.
>
> Regards, Ruud (The Netherlands)

I posted yesterday, but here it is again.  I have an origional Apple IIGS
System Disk version 3.1.  I also have 2 GEOS demo disks which may be
duplicates on a 5.25" drive.  If you want them they are yours forhe shipping
cost.  Sandy Warnken  warnken@nospam@mother.com  remove the @nospam to
directly email


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