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Apple IIgs Q's



I just found this newsgroup today...I didn't realize how many people are still
using these things.  I used to be big into programming games and programs for
these things back in the mid '80s.

I recently bought a house and Mom wanted me to pack up my old computer (IIgs)
and take it with me to my new house.  The monitor is extremely out of focus
(might try replacing the electrolytic capacitors in it to see if that will fix
things a bit).  I still have all the original boxes and manuals, as I thought
that it might be worth something some day, but I went to the marketplace
newsgroup and saw they were selling pretty cheap, so I figured I might keep it
(it's the Limited Edition version, signed by Woz, including the Letter of
Authenticity, etc, but I figured I can't get too much more for this, even).

Anyway, it got me thinking about a few games and graphics that I did and
uploaded to AppleLink/America Online around 1986...I suppose those files
weren't archived anywhere, were they?  Anyone remember playing a text adventure
based on the Bloom County cartoon strip?  Or playing a text version of Wheel of
Fortune for the GS (This may have been pulled from the site due to copyright
infringements, thankfully no one pressed charges :-)).  Maybe graphics of Ren &
Stimpy or Terminator 2?  Oh well...

I'm thinking about keeping it to burn EPROMs with it (2716's, 2732, 2764, etc).
Anyone know of an EPROM burner software/hardware that will work with a IIgs and
where to get it?  Also, all I have is a 2400 baud modem (eeek!) for it; I'd
like to telnet or ftp to a site for download.  What program will work for my
modem and where can I get it?

Thanks for any help.

-- 
Mark Jenison