Re: ProDos, Macintosh, And disk images for Dummies?

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John Teffer <jdteffer@wcf.net> wrote:

>I am very new here, and was just up till one in the morning reading lots of
>messages in here about how the faq is gone so please forgive me if I ask
>something that could have been answered had i looked around more.  I just
>purchased a IIc Plus, but other than speedway math i have no software for it. 
>I do however have a mac with an internet connection and the ability to handle
>800k prodos disks.

Well, first of all...forget about disk images.  There are plenty of better
quality software for the A2 in .shk format which are usable from
800k disks.  Macintosh can handle ProDOS with PC Exchange, but
you need one A2 program to unpack the .shk files on the IIc once
you get it there...ShrinkIt.

First, you need ProDOS.  Get the official disks from http://www.allelec.com/
Alltech Electronics...click on "Apple II" then "Software."

Second, you need a copy of ShrinkIt on a ProDOS 3.5" disk.
http://www.crl.com/~joko Shareware Solutions II has it in there
library if you need real disks.  You can also have a Macintosh user
diskcopy a ProDOS 3.5" disk with ShrinkIt on it and undiskcopy
it on your side to get a workable ProDOS disk with ShrinkIt.

Once you have Shrinkit, just download .shk files from the ground
ftp server, a legit site with much higher quality software than the
disk image sites...once you downloaded with Macintosh and
transported to IIc Plus ProDOS 3.5" disk, just use Shrinkit on the
IIc Plus to unshrink the programs (files, not disks)...

http://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/  The Ground FTP Server.