Re: How to transfer files from Internet to Apple IIGS

["Giorgio Ungarelli" <giorgio@ungarelli.net>]

First of all I'd like to thank everybody that replied to my post.

I now have a Apple II 3.5 Disk Controller Card (in slot 4, so that I can
also still use the standard 3.5 and 5.25 drives that came with the IIGS as
slot 5 drives) and an Apple 3.5 SuperDrive.  FYI, I bought both from Shreve
Systems (http://www.shrevesystems.com) as somebody who replied to this post
had suggested.

I downloaded some games from the Apple IIGS Gaming Memory Fairway
(http://www.inwards.com/~fairway) in Shrinkit format, transferred them
successfully onto my IIGS and expanded them back properly.

Thanks again.

Giorgio

"left_the_scene" <postmaster@nyc-strip-clubs.com> wrote in message
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> "Michael J. Mahon" wrote:
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> > left_the_scene wrote:
> >
> > >Wrong. There is no way the GS will read an MFM encoded disk, not matter
> > >what format, unless you have a superdrive controller.
> > >
> > >Doing what steve says will produce a disk that CAN be read on a GS with
> > >  a superdrive controller, but since such a GS can read native MS-Dos
> > >disks, why nother? Just put an ms-dos disk in the gs.
> >
> > One good reason to bother is that this method completely bypasses
> > the 8.3 filename problem of the IIgs's DOS FST.  That's a big deal
> > if you have a lot of files to rename.
> >
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> Which really doesn't help with the question that was asked all that
> much. Ya still can't read such a disk in a GS without adding a
> superdrive controller.