Re: GS woes...please help

[wbdesnoy@acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca (Byron Desnoyers Winmill)]

Hi, I will leave the hard drive stuff to the experts and help you with
transfering stuff between your Apples.  Well, to the best that my memory
holds out.  ;-)

The good news is that you are using a Macintosh.  This means a couple of
things which will make your life easier.  First of all, if you have PC
Exchange (it comes with System 7.5.3, which is now free from Apple) you
can copy files directly onto a ProDOS floppy.  You may want to do this
with files which you download using your Macintosh.

You can also use Apple's Disk Copy program to copy disk images (Macintosh
format) to your 3.5" floppies.  This is important when downloading stuff
from Apple's FTP site.  (Though they do not offer much!)  The other thing
that you can use is Shrink II, a program which converts ShrinkIt disk
images into Macintosh type disk images.  This means that you can use Disk
Copy for a lot of your work.

For the DSK files I suggest ADT.  This works really well on a IIe with
a Super Serial card, but I understand that there is now a version for the
IIgs.  If you need a working copy of MacADT, just e-mail me and I will
get it to you in the next couple of days.  For some reason the copy at
Asimov does not seem to work.  :-(  But you will still need to download
the PC version for details on installing ADT on your Apple II, and for
the disk image of ADT.

Once you have that working you can get stuff between your Apples and
Macintoshes.  Here are suggestions which may make your life easier:
 * Download and install ShrinkIt and GSHK on your Apples.
 * Do the same for BSCIT.  (Access to other encoded files.)
 * It may be worth while setting up an AppleTalk network while
   you are trying to get your hard drives working.  It is no slower
   than the floppy drive, and much more quiet!

Most of this software should be available at ftp.apple.com, and your
local Asimov or Cabi mirror.  Since tarnover went down, I have not
really kept track of it.  It seems like ground has all of the
interesting stuff anyway.

Byron.

Thom & Nancy Burrell (luxapan@mpinet.net) wrote:
:     Second, disk images (of all sorts):  I also have an Apple ][e that I
: would also like to get running (it's amazing that those $2000 dollar
: machines of old can be picked up for $10 at a thrift store, much to my
: wife's annoyance), but I need to be able to transfer the files across to
: both machines first.  I am successfully running both Bernie and Catakig on
: my Mac and I have close to all the images to be found online... but I can
: only get a small amount transferred over to to my GS (which would be
: probably be easier if I could get the bloody hard drive working...). I've
: downloaded & read all the FAQ's available and am currently (attempting) to
: use Asimov & Shrinkit to transfer the files from image to disk but have had
: very little success. I've been able to get programs like Appleworks,
: Uninvited, Leisure Suit Larry, and a handful of utilities to transfer but
: not much else (considering the massive amounts of images at my disposal). So
: if anyone has any idea of how to do this successfully.... you have my
: undivided attention. (Should I invest the small amount of cash for a tool
: like DSK2File or ][2Mac?)

:     Well... anyhow... I apologize for the extensive verbage but I'd really
: like to get these confusers up & running (I started out with an Apple ][e as
: a kid)... and my wife would like me to stop worrying over these bloody
: things and take her dancing again, so any help would be much appreciated.
: Thanks in advance.

: Thom
: luxapan@mpinet.net