Re: Apple IIGS newbie

[d_obenauf@mindspring.com (Rayna Obenauf)]

Go to
ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Apple_II/Apple_IIGS_System_6.0.1/

All seven disks of the GS/OS system 6.0.1 are available in .sea.bin
format for your Mac clone. Your browser should automatically un-bin
them, and stuffit expander will convert them to diskcopy images. You
have to get 800K disks, format them to "Prodos 800K" with the apple
floppy format utility (Erase Disk from the Special menu), then run
Diskcopy on the files to load them onto the disks. 
You can boot your system from System Disk, but you will be severly
limited by your 1 meg memory, I don't think you can run much with it.
I second the recommendation below the Alltech sirius ram cards are
cool, you can buy one for around $60 and load it with 8 1meg 30 pin
simms, some places in the Silicone Valley are giving them away just to
get you in the door.

Good Luck
Dave

On 30 Sep 1998 06:40:55 GMT, smentzer@ecom.net (Steven W. Mentzer)
wrote:

>>
>>    I'm trying to get a freebie IIGS up and running. At this point I
>>have a IIGS, RGB monitor, two 5 1/4 drives, one 3 1/2 drive, 1MB RAM.
>>I've also got a PowerComputing Mac close. I currently have no IIGS
>>software on disk. Is there a way I can make a disk for the IIGS using my
>>Mac so it will boot and let me do stuff with it?  I've checked out sites
>>like ftp.apple.asimov, but didn't see any utilities specifically for
>>that purpose.
>>
>
>
>Well the first thing you need to do is search the old apple II archives at 
>www.apple.com. I cant remember where they are, but you can find them if you 
>look hard enough.
>
>Once you find them, download the "diskcopy" images of GS/OS 6.0.1 from there. 
>Extract each one to a floppy disk. You now have an operating system. Remember, 
>the mac's can read and write ProDos (apple // native file system) diskettes 
>just like any other disk.
>
>Since you have a mac, transferring files you download to the IIgs is easy. It 
>is just a matter of copying the file to the ProDos formatted floppy.
>
>Always remember to format all ProDos media as 800k.
>
>The first things you are going to need are Shrinkit v3.4 and GShk (GS/OS 
>version of shrinkit). These programs allow you to extract compressed archives 
>of software you download. Most archives are in SHK format. These programs will 
>do the trick.
>
>Your computer is VERY bare-bones and I would highly recommend that you purchase 
>a very cheap hard disk, and a 2MB RAM card from alltech electroics. They sell a 
>Sirius RAM card w/2MB for next to nothing (i dont think it is over $40).
>
>A hard drive will set you back another $75.00. 
>
>Once you have these items, you will have a pretty cool working IIgs system taht 
>you can actually do something with.
>
>Right now, the machine is barely able to play most games, let alone run GS/OS.
>
>Good Luck!
>
>smentzer@ecom.net

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