Re: GS/OS for xgs emulator?

[Walter C Hsueh <hsuehw@ecf.toronto.edu>]

On 8 Mar 1997, Dan Yertzell wrote:
> Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote in article
> <5fr114$ogu$1@darla.visi.com>...
> >    GS/OS is copyrighted by Apple, and only *legally* available from
> > them or their authorized distributors. You can get it for free from
> > Apple FTP sites, and it's available in a _REAL_ Apple II friendly
> > format-- binscii'd skrinkit'd disk images. 
> > 
> >    Unfortunately, emulator authors don't appear to give a * about
> > legitimate users or file formats. I don't care too much about that,
> > since (1) I have a real Apple II that does great, and (2) makes it
> > real simple to find the pirated emulator crud.
> > 
> > Nathan Mates
> 
> What is your problem, anyway?  This is not the first time I've seen you
> give snotty answers to reasonable questions here.  I don't need a lecture
> on copyrights or file formats.  If you can't offer some constructive help,
> then don't reply.

Hello Dan,

Just ignore Nathan "Holier-than Thou" Mates.

Seriously, though, that would be a good idea.  XGS allows you to
create blank images of arbitrary size (probably up to 32mb).  It
would be kind of tedious to create a bootable "decked out" image
of 6.0.1.  I sold my IIGS a year ago, so I in Nathan's eyes, if
I even download XGS and play around with it, I'm a pirate.

It is, however, fairly simple to convert IIGS disks to Mac
DiskCopy images, and then convert them to the XGS format.


Regards,

Walter