Re: Apple IIgs w/o any disks

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"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?

You can't use a PC floppy to make disks for your IIgs.  You can use a Mac
with a SuperDrive floppy.  The new USB floppies won't work.  Download the
GS/OS disk images from the Apple archives, and use DiskDup+ to make floppies
from the images.  DiskDup+ is a shareware program you can find on the net.
Search for Diskdup292.hqx.

If you don't have access to an older Mac with a SuperDrive floppy, you can
get software onto your IIgs from your PC with a null-modem cable and a
program called ADT.  Read over the faq:

http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html

Details on ADT are here:

http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html#003

Oh yeah, and the easy way is to get someone to send you the disks in the
mail.  Try to get a comm program too, so you can do file transfers between
your PC and the IIgs.
Good luck, and have fun with that IIgs.
-Paul