Re: II GS help/easy one

[d_obenauf@mindspring.com (Dave Obenauf)]

On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:49:31 -0600, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

[snip]
>
>     One possibility is that you tried to boot a diskette which is not
>bootable. I'm pretty sure that at least two of the diskettes in the set
>(Install and System) can be booted.
>
>     It may be that you have not fully processed the disk files you
>downloaded. The system disks at
>ftp://ftp.apple.com/dts/aii/sys.soft/gs.system.6.0.1/ are in the from of
>.bsc files. These are binscii files of ShrinkIt disk archive files which
>include a Binary II header. These can be un-binscii-ed and unshrunk on
>your Apple IIgs: use a binscii program like GScii or BINSCII to obtain
>ShrinkIt disk archive files; then, use ShrinkIt or GS-ShrinkIt to obtain
>the diskettes.
>
[snip]

>Rubywand

If you have access to a Mac II, the easiest way to get these disks is
in the form of self expanding archive disks for the Mac. go to
ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/US/Apple_II/Apple_IIGS_System_6.0.1/
The seven disks are in the form .sea.bin. which stands for a MacBinary
wrapper of a Stuffit Self Expanding Archive. The wrapper takes care of
typing and other Mac specific file details and archive will take care
of itself. Your browser should take care of the wrapper automatically,
the file will show up on the desktop as an application. If not, a wash
through Stuffit Expander (see http://www.download.com or
http://www.aladdinsys.com/) should straighten it out. 
Double click on the app and it will write out a diskcopy image. You
then mount the image with Diskcopy from Apple, see
ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/US/Macintosh/Utilities/Disk_Copy/
I seem to remember getting Diskcopy to write to a Prodos 800K disk
takes something special, but maybe not. Last time I had to do it was a
couple years ago. BTW, to make a Prodos formatted disk, format an 800K
disk in your Mac like you regularly would, but pull the menu in the
dialog box that says "Macintosh 800K" down to "Prodos 800K". That's
what you've been wondering about all these years, the mystery is
exposed.
This is nowhere near as adventurous as converting BINSCII files, but a
lot easier when you have a computer that won't boot.

Dave


Cut the crap and send us an email @
crapd_obenauf@mindspring.com (spamproofed)
Have a great day!