Re: trying to get an Apple II GS going for fun...

["Greg J. Buchner" <buchner@tcfreenet.org>]

On Sat, 8 May 1999, Astro wrote:

> On Sat, 08 May 1999 09:33:59 -0500, nobody@wavetech.net (Greg Buchner)
> wrote:
> 
> >Make sure you've installed the HFS.FST on the IIGS so it can read HFS disks and you've
> >got a fairly easy way to transfer files.
> 
> That would be assuming I have a hard drive in the Apple IIGS to
> install HFS FST? 

I'm not certain, but I think it could fit on the pre-set System Disk
if you remove a couple of unnecessary things...like Basic.System.
Without a HD, it'd probably be a good idea to have a couple of different
System Disks with various configs.

> >...most useable files for the IIGS would come as either ShrinkIt
> >(SHK) or ShrinkIt files than have been converted to Binscii to be a
> >text readable format (BSQ?).
> 
> ShrinkIt is kind of like Stuffit, no? But ShrinkIt can be used on the
> Apple IIGS? So... once I have booted into the OS then I can manipulate
> files, like loading games, converting files with ShrinkIt, and saving
> files to the floppy drive? Don't some games come as "self-bootable"? 

Yea, ShrinkIt is very much like StuffIt.  A lot of the games that
are self-bootable will likely come as a compressed disk.  ShrinkIt
can read in a disk block by block and compress it preserving a lot
of the original setup of the disk...it just won't handle copy-
protection.

But personally, have a GS with a hard drive, I'd probably give
up on using it if I couldn't use a HD with it.  But, I have a 
spare SCSI card, a spare HD of the exact same model I'm using
and a couple of currently unused HD cases.  (No, none of this
stuff is for sale.)

You should really consider a Focus Hard Drive from Alltech.

Greg B.

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