Re: GS/OS and/or ProDOS 8 + AppleShare on a floppy-only IIGS

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Calvin Cheng <cxcheng@infospace-inc!.com> wrote:

: I have a ROM 01 IIGS with 512K of RAM and an 800K floppy drive at home that
: is hooked up to a PowerMac (MacOS 8.1) thru a Localtalk (PhoneNet) cable.

: Is there a way I can use the file-sharing on the Mac such that it is
: accessible from the IIGS running ProDOS 8 and GS/OS?

: I suppose for GS/OS, I run into the problem of being able to fit the GS/OS
: on an 800K floppy and also 512K of RAM. As for ProDOS 8, the software might
: not assist to support AppleShare.

Unlike on a workstation card equipped //e, ProDOS 8 can't access Appletalk if
you boot directly into it on a IIgs. You have to boot GS/OS then run ProDOS
8. The installer has an option called "appleshare, 3.5 disk" for this purpose.
It'll fit all the stuff you need to run Appletalk onto a bootable 800K floppy.

Some unsolicited advice: you really need to get some memory. Even if you stick
with the same memory card, filling it up with chips will help a lot. And if
you want to run native software, 1 mb is an absolute bare minimum.
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