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Re: Questions on Apple II GS startup
- Subject: Re: Questions on Apple II GS startup
- From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)
- Date: 1998/09/03
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
- References: <6siibe$8p1@esto.cse.tek.com>
erikt@esto.cse.tek.com (Erik Teose) wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I hope someone here can help me. I acquired an Apple II GS recently, but I
>can't get it to start up properly. It has an "Apple 5.25 Drive" connected.
>When the system starts up, there's a blue startup screen that shows it's
>an Apple II GS, and shows ROM version 3. Then the floppy drive's red lite
>comes on and the drive clunks rapidly for a bit, then it goes silent. The
>system then displays a blue screen with "Check startup device!" on it.
You need to put a bootable disk into the drive.
The IIGS really needs more than just a 5.25 drive to do things.
http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech Electronics carries the Focus
hard drive. For $59, you get a hard drive preinstalled with
System 6.0.1 and many sharewares/freewares.