Re: help with //gs-appletalk

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"Robert G. Marsh" <afn07038@afn.org> wrote:
>[trials and tribulations of trying to move files from GS to Mac snipped]
>
>System:
>        Apple //gs, Rom 1, Ramfast with 520 meg HD, fried modem
>        port (direct lightening strike, melted all phone wires in the
>walls of the house etc., only lost the modem and modem port, have used
>the GS as my only computer for 2 more years after this. Internal AE
>Datalink 2400, very noisy phone line, can not   upload to a BBS. No working
>3.5" disc drive (a whole pile of non working ones), do not want to spend
>very much money on this project. Mac LC, system 7.5, global village
>14.4 modem external, zip drive.
>
>What I have tried:
>        1.      Hook up the two modems together, played with both
>systems for a long time, ProTerm 3.0 on the GS, Z-term on the Mac,
>can not get them to receive or send files in either direction.
>        2.      Hook up the Mac to appletalk ( I use this at work and am
>familiar with it), hook up the GS to appletalk (had to go to the
>FAQ's, put ramfast in slot 1, used slot 7, )tried the chooser,
>tried file sharing on and off.... never had anything show up on       
>the GS or Mac.

AppleTalk and the printer and serial ports are dead because the
lightning strike probably fried the communications chip.

>        3.       I thought of contacting Omega, to see if I could get a
>install program for the GS for the zip drive, but in the FAQ's , if I
>read it correctly, if I try to use a "GS" zip disc on the mac it will
>reformat (and loose all data?)?

Robert, you don't need any special installation software at all.
Also, if you've installed System 6.0.1 and the HFS FST on the GS,
the GS will read Macintosh Zip Disks.  Yes, as the FAQ notes, there
may be problems getting ProDOS Zip Disks formatted on the GS to
show up on the Mac, but Macintosh formatted Zip Disks easily show
up on the GS.  You just need to eject the first partition that
contains the driver that the Macintosh uses.

Here are the steps:
1) Format a Zip disk in the Zip Drive connected to the Macintosh as
   you usually do.
2) Make sure you have System 6.0.1 and the HFS FST installed on the
   GS.
3) Power off both computers.  Remove the Zip Drive from your Mac's
   SCSI chain and add it to your GS's RamFAST SCSI chain.
4) Power on the GS and insert the Zip disk.
5) When you reach the Finder, the GS will say "can't read this
   partition with installed FSTs" and "Initialize or Eject?"
   Click on the Eject button.
6) After the Mac driver partition is ejected, the real data partition
   will be mounted on the GS Finder.
7) Drag your files from your hard drive volume and drop them on the
   Mac Zip Disk's volume icon.
8) Select "Shut Down" and power down the GS.
9) Disconnect the Zip Drive from your GS's SCSI chain.
10) Reconnect the Zip Drive to your Mac's SCSI chain.
11) Power up the Mac and stick in the Zip Disk.
12) Open the volume to see your GS files on your Mac Zip Disk.


>My local server will not allow access to newsgroups, I treid all day
>yesterday to get into this group the way I do, from another freenet, but as
>ofter happens telnet access was not available. I will get back here when
>possible, but would appreciate answers to my home address if possible
>rmarsh@mail.orion.org
>ANY help is appreciated.
>
>
>Don't Answer here !!!!
>rmarsh@mail.orion.org is "home", but has no newsgroups
>Robert Marsh,  Family Nurse Practitioner, organic farmer

cc: rmarsh@mail.orion.org

-Scott G.