Re: Help friend has an Apple IIGS ... Doesn't boot up (System Disk??)..Don't know much abount Apple ..

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <01bd21d7$39845120$08019bcc@gilbert.tcoe.k12.ca.us>,
Gilbert Hernandez <gilh@tcoe.k12.ca.us> wrote:
>Now my question is the following: The computer had no disks.  Since
>there it is only ROM this makes me think there should be some type
>of System Disk which probably need to be run when booting up ... I
>am confused.  To run other software you must first run the system
>disk then the software or does most software for the Apple IIGS have
>some part of the operating system on the disk ..

   The system software can certainly be on a disk with applications,
or it can be separate. As the system software bloated from about 8% of
a disk to being able to eat all of an 800K disk for breakfast, apps
became less and less likely to be selfbooting. The comp.sys.apple2
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) at
http://www.visi.com/~nathana2/faq/csa2.html section 7.2 convers where
you can either download (must be thru a mac, but if it's a recent mac,
it may flake out) or get a legitimate copy of a bootdisk for use.

Nathan Mates
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