Re: Utter Newbie needs HELP!!!...sorry...:)

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Wesslee writes ...
> 
> Hi all...
> 
> After watching this NG recently I believe I'm in the right place.
> 
> I have a couple of questions...anyone who can help out I would greatly
> appreciate it...
> 
> I recently received an Apple IIgs and wondered if someone could rec. a
> FAQ/tech site for it.

     The Apple II FAQs have lots of 'getting started' info and links to other sites
you can check out. The FAQs are maintained on several sites in various formats:

Ground, USENET FAQs Archive-MIT, and Universiteit Utrecht offer pure Text for 
  downloading or Viewing via an FTP program.

  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/
  ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/apple2/faq/
  http://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/apple2/faq/


Text on the ACN Florida and USA2WUG sites is
  line-length formatted for on-line perusing via Netscape, etc..
 
  ftp://24.96.48.134:6502/Cabi_Archives/FAQs.and.INFO/A2.Csa2.FAQs/
  http://www.grin.net/~cturley/A2.FAQs.and.INFO/CSA2.FAQs/


HTML web site versions of the FAQs are available on
  II Computing and Apple II Help Page.

  http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html
  http://members.xoom.com/apple_II/faqs.html (under construction)




> It has no hard drive of any kind and was wondering
> how I could hook one up to it.Second, and this is the biggy,
> I have NO disks of any kind for it...I
> need to get an OS and a place to buy blank media from.
 ....

     A good way to add a hard drive is to get a Focus 'hard card' drive. It is sold
in various sizes by Alltech (760-724-2404; http://allelec.com ). Alltech also sells
memory expansion boards and may still be selling DS/DD 5.25" and 3.5" diskettes. One
way to get a few startup disks with utility programs is to email some regular poster
here and offer to pay for postage and materials.



Rubywand