Apple II Csa2 FAQs: 4Main-GetIt, Part 25/25

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Last-modified: 2002/4/1
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The comp.sys.apple2 Usenet newsgroup Apple II FAQs originate from
the Ground Apple II archive, 1997-2002. Administrator: Steve Nelson

Csa2 FAQs-on-Ground ref: Csa21MAIN4.txt  rev049 April 2002



Main Hall-4: Get It- Links to popular software packages


File Handling Utilities
 001- Where can I get ShrinkIt, binscii, DSK2FILE, ASIMOV, etc.?

Telecom and Transfer Programs
 002- Where can I get ADT, ADTgs, Agate, Modem MGR, Spectrum ...?

System and DOS Software
 003- Where can I get DOS 3.3 and ProDOS?
 004- Where and how do I get GS System 6.0.1?
 005- Where can I get AmDOS, OzDOS, DOS 3.3 Launcher, ProSel 8, SpeedGS?







001- Where can I get ShrinkIt, Shrink (64k), Unshrink (64k),
     GS-ShrinkIt, binscii, GScii, BISCIT, TCHANGE, DSK2FILE, ASIMOV,
     PMPunZip, Angel, FileManager, 2qwk!, GZPK, Copy II Plus,
     NuLib, Balloon, DskIn & DskOut, Saltine's Super Transcopy (SST),
     FishWings, UnforkIt, XTRAX, StuffIt Expander, Diskcopy, Clone,
     Imgutnew.exe, and ProTYPE?


     You can download

ShrinkIt v3.4 or later ("8-bit ShrinkIt") at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/useful.stuff/
   as binscii file and self-extracting archive
  See PDShrinkIts disk below
  ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/misc/

Shrink (v2.1) for 64k Apple II's at ...
  ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/disk_utils/
  See PDShrinkIts disk below

Unshrink (v2.1) for 64k Apple II's at ...
  ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/disk_utils/
  See PDShrinkIts disk below

GS-ShrinkIt ("ShrinkIt-GS", "GSHK") at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/useful.stuff/
   as .sea, .sdk, and binscii

BINscii at ...
  See PDShrinkIts disk below

GScii NDA at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple16/System/Ndas/

BISCIT ("BSC-It") at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/useful.stuff/

TCHANGE at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/useful.stuff/

DSK2FILE (v4.x or later for a 128k //e or later Apple II;
  version 3 or earlier for 64k Apple II's)  at ...
  http://www.geocities.com/oneelkruns/index.html
   current version (e.g. v5.7)
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/   v5.5 and v5.6
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple8/Utils/  v2.1

ASIMOV at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/upl2000/Jun/ (v2.0)
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/ (v1.3 and v2.0)
  http://www.ninjaforce.com/html/products.html (v2.0)

PMPunZip at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple16/Com/Utils/

Angel at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple8/Pgms/ as .shk
  ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/apple2/archivers/  as .bsq

FileManager NDA at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple16/System/Ndas/

2qwk! at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple8/Com/

GZPK at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple8/Com/

Copy II Plus (DOS & ProDOS versions on disk images) at ...
  ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/disk_utils/
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/useful.stuff/Disks/
    on disk images (see below)
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"

NuLib at ...
  http://www.nulib.com/  newest NuLib (NuLib2)
  ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/utility/ v3.24
  ftp://apple2.tffenterprises.com/pub/apple2/ARCHIVERS/ v3.24
   as ibmnulib.zip
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click
"Utilities" v3.24

Balloon v2.0 NDA
  contact A2Central.com http://www.a2central.com/

DskIn & DskOut at ...
  ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/utility/

Saltine's Super Transcopy (SST) at ...
  ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/disk_utils/
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"

FishWings (PC file view/management util for disk images) at ...
  http://www3.bboard.com/charlied/fishwings.htm

UnforkIt at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/upl2000/Jun/
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"
  ftp://apple2.tffenterprises.com/pub/apple2/utils/

XTRAX (utility for generating self-extracting archives
  for 8-bit Apple IIs) at ...
  http://www.manual.com/apple2/

Aladdin StuffIt Expander for Macs at ...
  http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/

Diskcopy (GS diskcopy-to-disk) as DiskcopyToDisk.zip at ...
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html;
  click "Utilities"
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/

Clone (GS diskcopy-to-disk) on Golden Orchard CD
  from Shareware Solutions II ...
  http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko

Imgutnew.exe (PC diskcopy-to-2mg convert) at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/ as DiskcopyTo2mg.zip
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html;
  click "Utilities" as DiskcopyTo2mg.zip
  http://www.inwards.com/xgs/xgs_faq.html (click "Image Utility")

ProTYPE for Macs at ...
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Mac/

FID "File Developer" for .DSK images of DOS 3.3 disks
  http://hotel04.ausys.se/pausch/apple2/#FID


     You can also obtain several of the above in collections on a ShrinkIt .sdk whole-disk file, emulator .dsk disk image, and/or emulator .nib disk image:

TNILUTIL (.sdk, .dsk)  bootable DOS 3.3 (EsDOS)
  DOS 3.3 version of Copy II Plus      Disk Muncher fast copier
  Beagle's Program Writer              Joystick checker/adjuster
  Graphics viewer                      plus a few other programs

PDUTIL (.sdk, .dsk, .nib)  bootable ProDOS v1.9
  ProDOS/DOS Copy II Plus utilities    Beagle's Program Writer
  Block Warden block editor            Graphics viewer
  plus a few other programs

PDSHRINKITS (.sdk, .dsk)  bootable ProDOS v1.9
  8-bit ShrinkIt v3.4 (128k)           8-bit Shrink v2.1 for 64k
  8-bit Unshrink v2.1 for 64k          Type Changer
  BINSCII w. docs                      plus a few other programs

PDTCOM (.sdk, .dsk)  bootable ProDOS v1.9
  DSK2FILE (v5.5)                      UU decode w. docs
  Comm System 8 telecom utility        plus a few other programs


ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/useful.stuff/Disks/
Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"

GSUTILS (.sdk)  800k disk boots a bare-bones System 6.0.1
  and starts GS-ShrinkIt.
  ZLINK (.shk) telecom utility
  ASIMOV (.shk) for converting .dsk files.
  Coolwriter for reading/editing Text)

ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/useful.stuff/


--Rubywand

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002- Where can I get ADT, ADTgs, ADTcc, ADTwin, ADTux, Agate, Modem MGR,
     Spectrum, ProTerm, ap2222pc, ZLink, ][2Mac, MacADT, A2fx, HfsLink?


ADT (Adt122) on Asimov, Ground, GSWV
 ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/utility/
 ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/
 Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"
  included in ADT122_GS_cc.zip

ADTgs (ADTgs91) on Ground, GSWV
 ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/
 Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"
  included in ADT122_GS_cc.zip

ADTcc (ADTcc121) on Ground, GSWV
 ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/
 Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"
  included in ADT122_GS_cc.zip

ADTwin (ADTw122) on Ground, GSWV
 ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/
 Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"

ADTux (ADT for UNIX) from Mike Hall
 http://www.enteract.com/~mghall/apple/a2unix.html

Agate v069 on Uni-kl.de (.bsq), Ground (.sdk and .dsk),
 and GSWV (.sdk and .dsk in .zip)
 ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/apple2/utilities/
 ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/useful.stuff/Disks/
 Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"

Modem MGR on Ground and Trenco
 ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple8/Comm/Modem.mgr/
 http://www.gno.org/pub/apple2/appledos33/comm/term/modem.mgr/

Spectrum from Shareware Solutions II
 http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko

ProTerm from Intrec
 http://www.intrec.com/

Ap2222pc on Asimov, GSWV
 ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/utility/
 Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"

ZLink on Ground, Apple Blossom, GSWV
 ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/useful.stuff/Disks/
 http://people.delphi.com/appleblossom/modemdisk.html
 Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"

][2Mac on Adam's HomePage
 http://macadam.dyndns.org/

MacADT on Uni-kl.de
 ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/apple2/mac/

A2fx (A2fx08) on TFFE, Ground, GSWV
 ftp://apple2.tffenterprises.com/pub/apple2/8bit/hfsreaders/
 ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple8/Utils/
 Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"

HfsLink (HfsLink10) on TFFE, Ground, GSWV
 ftp://apple2.tffenterprises.com/pub/apple2/8bit/hfsreaders/
 ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple8/Utils/
 Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "Utilities"

--Penman, Supertimer, Rubywand, MDRipley37

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003- Where can I get DOS 3.3 and ProDOS?


DOS 3.3 Dump (file for NULL modem transfer to an Apple II) as Dos33dmp.zip
  from Ground, Asimov, GSWV
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/upl2000/Mar/
  ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/masters/
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "System"


DOS 3.3 and High-Speed Variants (for 48k or larger Apple II)
in .dsk image and ShrinkIt .sdk file ...

DOS 3.3 SystemMaster 1980 as .dsk image in DOS33SystemMaster1980.zip
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "System"

DOS 3.3 SystemMaster 1983 as .dsk image in DOS33SystemMaster1983.zip
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "System"

DOS 3.3 SystemMaster 1983 newer version of DOS 3.3 as .dsk image in
  DOS33SystemMaster1983NuVrsn.zip
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "System"

DavidDOS as .dsk image in DavidDOS.zip
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "System"

DiversiDOS as .dsk image in DiversiDOS.zip
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "System"

EsDOS as .dsk image and ShrinkIt .sdk file in EsDOS.zip
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "System"
  Also see TNILUTIL disk in Q&A 001 above.

ProntoDOS v2 as .dsk image and ShrinkIt .sdk file in Prontodos.zip
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "System"


ProDOS in .dsk image, .nib image, and/or ShrinkIt .sdk file

ProDOS v1.9 (for 64k or larger Apple II) on several disks with utilities
  as .dsk image, .nib image, and/or ShrinkIt .sdk file
  See PDUTIL and other ProDOS disk files in Q&A 001 above.

ProDOS v2.0.3 (for 128k or larger Apple II) and Standard Apple Utiltities
  v3.1 as .dsk image and ShrinkIt .sdk file in PDStdUtils31.zip or
  separately as PDStdUtils31.dsk and PDStdUtils31.sdk
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "System"
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/useful.stuff/Disks/

288-block ProDOS v1.9 (36-track ProDOS, for 64k or larger Apple II)
  as ShrinkIt .sdk file in ProDOS288blocks.zip or PRODOS288blocks.SDK
  Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html; click "System"
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/


--Rubywand

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004- Where and how do I get GS System 6.0.1?


Small Installation

     For a small System 6.0.1 that will boot from a single 800k diskette and fit on a ROM-01 or ROM 3 IIgs with at least 1MB of RAM, you can download ...

 GS_Sys601small_SingleDiskForROM1.zip or
 GS_Sys601small_SingleDiskForROM3.zip

For convenient download links go to the GS WorldView Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html and click on "Getting GS System 6.0.1".


Standard Installation

     You can download the set of GS System 6.0.1 disks in convenient Apple II ShrinkIt form from a number of sites. For convenient download links go to the GS WorldView Archive via http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/GSWVlink.html and click on "Getting GS System 6.0.1".


     There is a text file with directions plus the six System disks in plain .sdk shrinked disk form inside compact .zip files. (The link takes you to a page displaying the install directions.)  This version comes with standard patches to fix HS.FST and Text Edit bugs already applied.


     You can also download the GS System 6.0.1 disks as Mac self-extracting archives from AppleComputer at ...

 ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/ .
 Look in the English-North_American/Apple_II/ folder

Each disk in the Sys 6.0.1 folder is a Macintosh self-extracting archive (.sea) of a Disk Copy 800K ProDOS disk image. According to Apple's directions: "To use, download, double-click the downloaded file (this decompresses it), and use Disk Copy to create a disk. Disk Copy can be found in the Utilities folder posted here."

     A possible hitch is that Mac .sea files must be executed on a Mac to self-extract. (GS-ShrinkIt can create .sea files which self-extract on a IIgs; but, these are not the same as Mac .sea files.)


     The set of GS System 6.0.1 disks is available from the Apple II Beginner's Guide site in a single 2.7MB .sit archive file named "GSOS.sit" at ...

 http://GabrielMorales.net/Apple2/Files/ .

Uncompressing the file-- on a PC you can use Aladdin Expander-- yields a folder containing the disks in diskcopy form. On a IIgs, you can use Clone to convert the files to 800k diskettes (once their filetype is set to $E0, auxtype: $0005).


     IIgs emulator users can obtain the System 6.0.1 disks in ready-to-go .2MG form inside .zip files from Moro's IIgs Emulation Page or XGS at ...

 http://www.dgweb.com/~moro/home.html
 http://www.inwards.com/xgs/archives.html .

For use on a real IIgs, the .2MG disk images can be converted to diskette form via Asimov2 or DSK2FILE v5.5 or later.


     Another way to get System 6.0.1 is to order a Focus hard drive from Alltech at http://allelec.com and request that System 6.0.1 be installed.


--Rubywand

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005- Where can I get AmDOS, OzDOS, DOS 3.3 Launcher, ProSel 8, SpeedGS?

AmDOS
  ftp://apple2.tffenterprises.com/pub/apple2/8bit/utils/

OzDOS
  http://www.gno.org/pub/apple2/appledos33/system/

DOS 3.3 Launcher
  ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/apple2/gs/utils/files/

ProSel 8
  ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/disk_utils/

SpeedGS
  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/Collections/1WSW/


--Rubywand