Re: Help friend has an Apple IIGS ... Doesn't boot up (System Disk??)..Don't know much abount Apple ..

[ggonter@together.net (Geof Gonter)]

In article <01bd21d7$39845120$08019bcc@gilbert.tcoe.k12.ca.us>, "Gilbert
Hernandez" <gilh@tcoe.k12.ca.us> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have no knowledge about Apple's so please be patient.   My friend got an
>Apple IIGS given to him by a neighbor.  There were no software just the
>computer, monitor, keyboard, two external drives 3.5 and 5 1/4 ..  We up it
>up and we found no hard drive which made me think the computer was only ROM
>which means that all software must run from the ex. drives.  Now my
>question is the following:  The computer had no disks.  Since there it is
>only ROM this makes me think there should be some type of System Disk which
>probably need to be run when booting up ... I am confused.  To run other
>software you must first run the system disk then the software or does most
>software for the Apple IIGS have some part of the operating system on the
>disk ..
>
>As you can see I am not sure this is right but I would really appreciate it
>if someone could help me out.  Again this is my friends computer.  If I
>need system disk where can he get them.  Can he buy them somewhere or from
>someone???
>
>Thanks beforehand to all which respond 

Could have sworn this same post was made before Christmas and I spent some
time answering in private via email. Am I imagining this? Must be old age
rushing in!

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