Re: Getting Shrinkit to IIGS for the first time

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

<paul_demarni@telus.net> wrote >
>  This disk image contains the following files;
>
>
> PRODOS - the operating system
> SHRINKIT.SYSTEM - this file launches ShrinkIt for ProDOS 8
> SHRINKIT - version 3.4 of ShrinkIt for ProDOS 8
> BASIC.SYSTEM - the Applesoft BASIC interpreter for ProDOS
> GSHK - GS-ShrinkIt 1.1 (for the Apple IIGS)
> TYPECHANGER - a file type changing program (in Applesoft BASIC) by Jim
> Mensch
>

That's a pretty good list, though a comm program should also be on there.
That list should leave plenty of room on an 800K disk for extracting
downloads.

> I have used the GSHK program, although with only 1 drive I was unable to
> get the program to read and expand to the same drive without overwriting
> the source disk. I have system 6.0.1 installed so I can read HFS disks
> from the Mac, which between the OS and the GSHK doesn't leave enough
> memory on my fully populated 1 meg expansion left to move anything to a
> ramdisk.
>

You can try booting with the shift key down, which will start your IIgs with
a minimal system. Maybe that will leave enough RAM to do the job. Check
around, see if you can pick up a ROM 3 IIgs (to identify, pop the top and
look at the area on the system board where the powersupply wires connect. If
you see the battery, it's a ROM 3. If the battery is under the powersupply,
it's an earlier model.)

The ROM 3 has 1 meg on board, adding your 1 meg card would give you 2 megs.
Of course, a larger RAM board would also be a good idea.  A good source of
IIgs stuff, particularly the floppy drives, is a local grade school.   Also
check your local computer junk stores and thrift shops.

> So I guess I,m in the market for another 800K drive and maybe a bigger
> memory expansion card, or better yet a hard drive setup.....
>

The floppy disk should be cheap and easy to find, even if you have to mail
order it.  Last I heard, the retail price was $15, though of course you can
find them for much less or free.
-Paul