Re: Help me Boot my Apple II GS

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Mike writes ...
> 
> Ok here's what happened, like 3 years ago my friend found a apple II gs
> carefuly discarded at his faters work and him knowing the techno nerd i
> am snaged it for me. .... I need to find a boot
> image or some way of getting programs (inculding a boot disk) from my
> dos/linux running pc to my new (3 year old) found treasure of a apple
> ][.

     There are ways to do this; however, with no bootable disks, the
process would need to involve moving DOS as well. It would be a _lot_ of
bother.

     What you need for your GS is a bootable diskette which includes a
telecom program and, to make things easier, ShrinkIt and GS-ShrinkIt.
You can, then, set up a GS-PC NULL modem connection and begin to
transfer more wares downloaded via your PC.

     You can find information on setting up and doing GS-PC transfers
(including NULL modem transfers) in the Csa2 FAQs maintained on Ground
...

ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/Faqs
or
http://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/Faqs

Start with the file named F00xA2MHALL.TXT


     A guy named Chuck Orem used to sell a neat Modemming Starter Disk
for $3. Steve Cavenaugh took over supplying the diskette and, I'm pretty
sure he still does. You can contact Steve at ...

Apple Blossom Publishing, P.O. Box 120434, Boston, MA 02112-0434
http://people.delphi.com/appleblossom/  email: appleblossom@delphi.com)


     Another way to get boot disks and telecom wares is at a local Apple
II club. (Some have merged with Mac or PC groups; so, check these if no
local A2 club is listed.)  Or, your school may have some utility disks
you can copy.

     Of course, you can also contact any of several posters and request
he/she send you a bootable disk with one of the freeware telecom
programs, ShrinkIt, etc.. Expect to pay disk and mailing costs.
       


> If anyone has any ideas on how i could do this please help me by
> eaither replying to this post, or by emailing me.
> p.s. if you could also tell me how to make a disk apple][ disk bootable,
> it would help me alot

     Well, okay. I'll email the Csa2 FAQs-on-Ground file dealing with
DOS & ProDOS, as well as two which deal with telecom connections,
computer-to-computer transfer, emulator files, and
uploading/downloading.


 
Rubywand