Re: Apple IIGS newbie

["Jason Whorton" <jason@microxl.com>]

What is the minimum Mac machine needed to be able to turn disk images into
actual disk that can be used on a IIgs?  Can a Mac Plus do it or is a newer
model needed?

Thank you,
Jason Whorton
www.microxl.com/oldcomputers/Main.html

Steven W. Mentzer wrote in message <6usjpn$8j9$1@supernews.com>...
>>
>>    I'm trying to get a freebie IIGS up and running. At this point I
>>have a IIGS, RGB monitor, two 5 1/4 drives, one 3 1/2 drive, 1MB RAM.
>>I've also got a PowerComputing Mac close. I currently have no IIGS
>>software on disk. Is there a way I can make a disk for the IIGS using my
>>Mac so it will boot and let me do stuff with it?  I've checked out sites
>>like ftp.apple.asimov, but didn't see any utilities specifically for
>>that purpose.
>>
>
>
>Well the first thing you need to do is search the old apple II archives at
>www.apple.com. I cant remember where they are, but you can find them if you
>look hard enough.
>
>Once you find them, download the "diskcopy" images of GS/OS 6.0.1 from
there.
>Extract each one to a floppy disk. You now have an operating system.
Remember,
>the mac's can read and write ProDos (apple // native file system) diskettes
>just like any other disk.
>
>Since you have a mac, transferring files you download to the IIgs is easy.
It
>is just a matter of copying the file to the ProDos formatted floppy.
>
>Always remember to format all ProDos media as 800k.
>
>The first things you are going to need are Shrinkit v3.4 and GShk (GS/OS
>version of shrinkit). These programs allow you to extract compressed
archives
>of software you download. Most archives are in SHK format. These programs
will
>do the trick.
>
>Your computer is VERY bare-bones and I would highly recommend that you
purchase
>a very cheap hard disk, and a 2MB RAM card from alltech electroics. They
sell a
>Sirius RAM card w/2MB for next to nothing (i dont think it is over $40).
>
>A hard drive will set you back another $75.00.
>
>Once you have these items, you will have a pretty cool working IIgs system
taht
>you can actually do something with.
>
>Right now, the machine is barely able to play most games, let alone run
GS/OS.
>
>Good Luck!
>
>smentzer@ecom.net
>