Re: trying to get an Apple II GS going for fun...

[wizard@direct.ca (R. Priestley)]

Hi, wow! Thanks for all the help! Looks like I really hit a goldmine
here. With this information and links to resourses, I now understand
my little ][ GS a lot more. Purchasing resourses over the internet
seems to be the way to go. I'd like to get one of those hard drive
deals Supertimer mentioned, but I think the first step I will take is
to order a set of system disks and just get it up and running. Then
hopefully I will be able to tell how much RAM is in it and if it is
stable enough to warrant purchasing a hard drive for it. I will be
able to add to it over time and it will make an excellent computer
science project for me.

What I would love to do is use my PC to download software for the ][
GS over the internet> But it seems that one of the problems with this
is that my contemporary PC 3.5" floppy drive can not physically read
an 800kb 3.5" floppy, nor could it format it for the ][ GS even if it
could read it. 

A few questions come to mind about this come to mind for me...
1] Can you still buy 800kb 3.5" Floppies?!?!?!?
2] Could I somehow attach the Apple 3.5" external floppy drive to my
PC and use it to store files?!?!?! (I know: this is a super-big
long-shot!!!)
3] Can I use one of the aging Power Macs, like a Performa 5200 CD, at
my workplace to read and write 800kb 3.5" floppies? I could download
files there onto the Mac and drop the files onto disks to use for the
][ GS?

I only list these questions from the computer science perspective
[after all I am only an intermediate] and I do realise that I have
other options including hooking up a modem to the ][ GS etc...

CooL!!!