Re: help w/ mac to gs transfer

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <31F9E44E.4EAE@mail.gpbx.net>,
Jack Countryman  <jcoun00@mail.gpbx.net> wrote:
>Will Baguhn wrote:
>> 
>> In article <bede0005-2507960035510001@dialup-1-10.gw.umn.edu>,
>> Robert S. Bedeaux <bede0005@gold.tc.umn.edu> wrote:
>> >Hey out there in internet land . . . I'm looking for a little
>> >information.  Recently, I dusted off my Apple IIGS and hooked it back up.
>> >I downloaded the new system software and also some terminal software for
>> >it onto my Mac.  Herein lies my problem.  When I transfer these to prodos
>
>snip
>
>> I believe that there are macintosh format IIgs System Software disk images
>> on the various Apple sites (ftp.apple.com, ftp.support.apple.com,
>> ftp.info.apple.com, etc).  I believe that if you download the images in
>> macintosh format, extract them with Diskcopy(?), etc.. then stick them
>> into a IIgs, you'll be fine. (they're images of ProDOS disks).
>> --
>>                                       --- Rev. SPQR (wbaguhn@nyx.net)
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>For this to work, I think he would need to put the extracted files onto 
>GS.OS formatted disks.  That means he needs to format disks on the IIGS 
>first to use on the mac for the extracted files, or have PCExchange or 
>the IIE card software init on the mac to let him format/see IIGS 
>formatted disks there.  Otherwise, I think he ends up with HFS formatted 
>disks with GS.OS files on them....which will not work on the IIGS.
>
>A better solution may be for him to get the disks from a user group, or 
>someone who has them already on disks.

Uh... I don't think so.  As I remember, DiskCopy images are "raw" images
of what's on the disk, not file archives.  (i.e. they're like .SDK 
archives, not like .SHK archives)

It should work just fine.

Besides, (technicality time), GS.OS doesn't have it's "own" filesystem.
it uses the ProDOS filesystem with forked files, as well as HFS
(but it'll only boot off of ProDOS).  Also, "modern" Macintoshes with
the proper versions of PC Exchange can format and read/write ProDOS
disks.  "Nyah!"  :)

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                                      --- Rev. SPQR (wbaguhn@nyx.net)