Re: Apple 2 gs need help

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depuck@ulster.net (Timothy T) wrote:

>Hi i need some help.. i just got an apple2 gs(running system 5.0) for my
>son it has (2)  3.5 flopy drives & (1) 5.25 flopy.

I can see your problems already.  Go to http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech
Electronics, click on "Apple II" then "Hard Drives" and get a Focus
hard drive which has System 6.0.1 preinstalled.  With the HFS FST
installed, you can format, read, and write standard Macintosh 3.5"
floppy disks that can be read on both a Mac and a IIGS.  Also, the
freewares and sharewares on the Focus drive includes GS Shrinkit,
which you can use to unpack your downloaded files...
   
>I have d/l some files from the web and they are stuffed  with .sdk .shk. bxy

You need GS Shrinking ON THE APPLE IIGS to unpack these...

>I d/l the files from different web sites om my 6040 (68k) mac I cant get
>any of them to open so i can put them on a 800k flopy and then use them on
>the Apple 2 GS.

IF you get a Focus drive (starting at $50) from Alltech with System
6.0.1 and the HFS FST installed, the IIGS will be able to read the
Macintosh HFS (standard) DS/DD 800k formatted disks.  Just put
the .shk files on a regular DS/DD Mac disk, take them to the IIGS,
and run them through GS Shrinkit which comes with the Focus drive.
You'll have unpacked ready to run programs!

>what should i use to open the files  that end in .sdk .shk  .bxy

GS Shrinkit...ON THE APPLE IIGS!