Re: Is any IIgs capable?

[Ruud Dingemans <rdingema@xs4all.nl>]

> > 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.
> 
> can't use most native IIgs software with ROM 0 or that little RAM.
> 
> Do you have a mouse?  If not, you won't be able to run most native IIgs

Yes, I do. After all, it's just a Mac mouse   ;)
> 
> > A) Am I going to be able to network it?
> To do this on a ROM 0 IIgs, you would have to be running ProDOS-16
> (preferably System 3.2, the last version), and you would need more RAM

Ok, I'll look into this.

> You get more options if you also upgrade to ROM version 01, since that

Ah yes. The elusive upgrade. I'd like to see the look on Apple's
workers' faces here
in Holland if I ask for one.  ;-)  But thanks for the Alltech ref - I'll
look into it.

> > B) Are things like IIGS System 3.2 and 5.0.4 (which may be able to boot
> > on this 512K machine) online somewhere?
> 
> Not legally.  The only version which Apple has made available for
> download is the latest: System 6.0.1.

Yeah, but in *my* book that means all older versions are free as well. Ymmv.

> though some applications would need more.  The proper Finder was
> introduced with System 2.0.  Earlier system releases use the "Apple II
> Desktop" software, also known as MouseDesk, which runs in monochrome
> double hi-res graphics mode under ProDOS-8.

Yeap. Found it, and have it now running on this little gs. Nice though
(for a II).

> > 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?


> Do you actually have the proper AppleShare server software, version
> 2.0.x or 3.0.x?

Oh yes. It's on my Website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/ruud.dingemans/html/system6.html.

Anybody who wants this 'pre-neolithicum' stuff is welcome to get it. I
got it from someone at
Apple because Apple doesn't sell it anymore. Anybody who wants to
yel 'piracy' for this can go look into the big black hole at dev/null, btw.

 You cannot do this with later versions of AppleShare,
> nor with the Mac's file sharing facility.
> 
> You need the "Apple II Setup" disk to install the support files onto the
> server machine.  It is distributed as an optional extra with the IIgs

Phew, that's probably a tough one. As if AppleShare 2.x isn't obscure
enough ;) Hm, if
anybody can give me a link where to get this I'd be grateful though.
 
Thanks a lot for the help so far!

Regards, Ruud