Re: Apple IIgs w/o any disks

["Michael Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com>]

Ian Gowen <graalguy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> okay, so basically my problem is that i don't have any apple II disks
> and i don't know how to format them.
> When i start up, it gives me the "Check Startup Device" error... then
> i hit "control/reset" and it goes to the BASIC prompt.
> Is there a way to format the disks there?
> On a side note, is there a way to create A2 disks from disk images on
> a PC with the PC's drive?
> -Ian

I think a Mac with a superdrive (non-USB 3.5" floppy) could format an Apple
II ProDOS disk and transfer files or a disk image to it.  If you literally
want to create the A2 disks from a PC floppy you could do that on the Mac,
or else you could network the Mac to the PC and copy the files.

- Mike

(I never thought that the day would come that I would sing the praises of
the Macintosh--somebody check my temperature :-)