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Re: Apple II


WaTcHtOwEr writes ...
> 
>                  I am a proud owner of a apple II that was given to me
> by my brother. Unfortunately I have no operating system(boot disk?) or
> software for the machine. Does anyone know what I might need to get it
> going? Or a good place to find ancient software. Thanx

     You could check with local schools-- they may have Apple II's
installed and let you copy some software. By the way, you need to use
Double Density diskettes with Apple II's-- 5.25" High Density diskettes
won't work. 

     An alternative is to download ADT and set up the II+ to transfer
stuff from your PC. Here is a listing of helpful Apple II sites ...



Major Apple II Information and Software Sites

Apple2 Caltech- large collection of II/IIgs games and utilities
  ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/

Asimov- #1 archive of Apple II 8-bit games and utilities in
  emulator DSK and file formats; plus emulators and emu info 
  ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/

Asimov Mirrors- sites which mirror Asimov
  ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/apple_II/
  ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/apple_II/
  ftp://mirror.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/

Asimov-GS- major archive of IIgs games, system, and other software
  as well as being a Csa2 FAQs mirror
  ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/
  for FAQs mirror ...
  ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/FAQs.and.INFO/A2.Csa2.FAQs/

Ground  Apple2 U. Iowa- the largest Apple II archive and home site
  of the Csa2 FAQs; maintains II/IIgs games, utilities, HC/HS
  stacks, music files, ..., and information plus separate
  collections including the AOL A2 archives 
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/

Ground Mirrors- sites which mirror Ground
  ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/ground/
    
GS WorldView 'zine- II/IIgs applications articles, games, utilities,
  A2-2000 archive, and links; home site for 1WSW 
  http://www.grin.net/~cturley/gsezine/

Uni-kl.de Apple2 U. Kaiserslautern- II/IIgs games, utilities, and
  emulator wares
  ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/apple2/

USA2WUG- Apple II Help & FAQs Collective; Csa2 FAQs mirror 
  http://www.grin.net/~cturley/USA2WUG/A2.FAQS.INFO.ETC/
  for FAQs mirror ...
  http://www.grin.net/~cturley/A2.FAQs.and.INFO/CSA2.FAQs/



Other Important Apple II Sites

Apple2 U. Kentucky- A2 archive
  ftp://f.ms.uky.edu:/pub/appleII

Apple2 U. Michagan- A2 archive
  http://www.umich.edu/~archive/apple2/
  ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/apple2/umich.edu/

Apple2 U. Washington- comp.binaries.apple2 access
  ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/usenet/comp.binaries.apple2/

Apple II Emulator Page- Apple II emulator software and info
  http://www.saunalahti.fi/~profilon/net/emulators/apple2.html

Apple II Emulator Resource Guide- Apple II emulator info
  http://www.zip.com.au/~alexm/faq/

Apple II Help Page- Info and links; Csa2 FAQs in HTML
  http://members.xoom.com/apple_II/ 

Apple II Lessons & Software- BASIC Lessons and A2 software
  http://www.iglou.com/qwerty/kb/dlfiles.html#53

Apple II Programmer's Archive- language software
  http://net-24-42.dhcp.mcw.edu/a2pa.html

Apple II WWW and FTP Sites- comprehensive A2 & A3 links list
  http://www.cstone.net/~rbraun/apple2/a2ftp.html#web

Apple Computer- mainly, GS system software
  ftp://ftp.apple.com/dts/aii
  http://www.apple.com/support

Apple Computer- license information
  http://developer.apple.com/mkt/registering/swl/agreements.html

Delphi- on-line service which permits A2 net access
  http://www.delphi.com/
  for "A2 (Apple II)" forum ...
  http://www.delphi.com/apple2/
  for "A2Pro" - Apple II Programmers forum ...
  http://www.delphi.com/a2pro/

Home of the Apple II- Apple II manual reprints, new user info, ...,
  and message board
  http://www.educate.net.au/~apple2/

International Apple II BBS List- A2 BBS sites and phone numbers
  http://home.earthlink.net/~gabesanchez/

KansasFest Web Page- KansasFest information
    http://www.kfest.org

KulaSoft- Stocks Eamon Adventures, A2 software, Index 
  http://www.angelfire.com/hi/kulasoft

L.J. Silicon's Treasure Chest- Apple II software 
  http://members.aol.com/ljsilicon/index.html 

Mother of All Apple II Web Pages- links
  http://www.syndicomm.com/a2web/

Odessa Entertainment- on-line entertainment 'zines
  http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/rembrandt/2/comp.html

Texas II- Appleworks products and information, Y2K info, and
  home site for Beverly Cadieux's Apple II Mail Group (A2MG) 
  http://members.aol.com/A2MG/

The Apple II Classic Games Page- large listing of classic
  A2 games with screenshots.
  http://jones.netplace.com/apple/welcome.html   

The Giant List- major listing of games and authors
  http://www.dadgum.com/giantlist/list.html

Treasure Chest Project- Willie Yeo's list of A2 software
  reclassified as freeware or shareware
  http://www.tals.dis.qut.edu.au/staff/willie/treasurechest/

Unofficial, Unauthorized, Apple Online Museum- Greg Cifu's
  pages of Apple II machine history, anecdotes, and pictures 
  http://www.hughes.net/~gcifu/applemuseum/index.html

Upgrade the GS Project- Home page for input and discussion
  relating to IIgs upgrades
  http://members.wbs.net/homepages/m/y/n/mynameisme712/g.htm



     Maybe your best bet to get off 'Square One' is to email some
regular Csa2 poster and request a diskette or two of getting started
stuff-- bootable DOS, ProDOS, a copier, II+ version of ShrinkIt, a
telecom program ... . Probably, you will need to send a few dollars to
cover expenses.



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