Re: Help for new IIGS owner

[tsetse@trance.helix.net (tsetse)]

Bruce MacKay (root@crypt.org) wrote:
: I recently acquired an Apple IIGS for my daughter to use.  The computer was
: left in a building which was to be torn down.  The system consists of a IIGS,
: colour monitor, 5.25" and 3.5" drive and memory expansion card with no extra
: RAM on it.  There was a users manual for the computer and a manual for the
: Apple RAM expansion card.

[snip - i defer to others]
the ram card fully populated to 1 meg will certainly get you started.

hold the <control>, <option> and <apple> keys, then press and release 
<reset> (then release 'em all) to run the system test. wait for it to 
finish. note however that this does not test the ram card memory. there 
must be some sort of utility out there to test ram cards.

: Is their an easy way to transfer .dsk or .shk files from the ftp site, to my
: PC or Mac onto disks readable by the IIGS.  

i believe the apple ftp site has GS/OS disk images archived in a 
macintosh format (among others) although i may be wrong. if so, then the 
macs you have access to can generate the disks. keep in mind that these 
are 800k disks, not high desity ones.

some info from earlier posts:
 >Tom Wyant (wyanttr@spoc.dnet.dupont.com) wrote:
 >That's were I come in, for $2 I'll mail anyone a 5.25" disk with
 >starter
 >modem software on it. Zlink, comm.system, shrinkit, binscii and others.
 >Freeware stuff mostly, except for Zlink, which is shareware.

: There seem to be too many disk operating systems for the Apple:  DOS 3, ProDOS,
: etc...???

prodos and gsos will be what you'll be using most.

: Any and all help in sorting these issues out would be greatly appreciated.  I
: feel totally lost with this machine without any real documentation.  I'd like
: to set my daughter up with her own computer to do word processing, use paint
: programs, play games, etc...  

: OK, you've guessed my deep dark secret.  You see I missed the Apple II era
: completely.  I was in a coma when the Apple II machines were in their hay day.

welcome to the wonderful, eternal world of APPLE//!

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