Re: Newbie booting up

["Ernest" <leucoplast@seanet.com>]

Do you have a boot disk in the floppy drive?


Deluxe wrote in message <38a5524b.827258109@news.connix.com>...
>Please help.
>I recently aquired an Apple IIgs from a local school system and would
>love to use it.  It came with all the periphials [mouse, keyboard,
>3.5" & 5.25" floppy drives, printer ] .
>
>Here is the problem.  I only have experience with PC's [ not exactly
>an expert with them either ] .  When I turn on the Apple a message
>appears on the sreen as follows: "check startup device".  Does this
>machine boot from a floppy and if so where might I obtain one?
>
>I appreciate any help I get from this group and will continue to
>monitor it.  I've long been an admirer of Apple but when it came time
>to buy a computer a few years ago I had to think of my son  and what
>he was working on in school which is why I went the PC route.  This
>Apple IIgs will be my play toy.  I believe it has the capacity to do
>everthing I want out of a computer.
>
>Thank you,
>Rich Provost
>rprov@connix.com