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Vince Scoglietti <vcs@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
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> Hello folks,
> 	I've been a longtime Apple II user and I was suprised when I stumbled
> across many sites dedicated to the Apple II.  I've recently pulled my
> ol' IIGS out of the closet and hooked it back up to try some of the
> stuff found on Ground, Caltech, Asimov.....Anyway, I've gotten Asimov
> to my IIGS and unshrunk it, and I've formatted a bunch of 5.25's in
> DOS 3.3.  
> 	I downloaded the Zaxxon disk image, un gzipped it on my PC, and sent
> it to my IIGS over a modem connection.  Here's where the problem
> occurred:  The disk image was received as an ASCII text file ($0040,
> or something like that, hexidecimal), and when Asimov wrote it to the
> newly formatted DOS 3.3 floppy, it seemed to erase the disk directory,
> so that GS/OS (System 6 with the DOS 3.3 FST installed) didn't
> recognize it, and when I booted the disk, all the drive did was whir
> with the red light on.  Anyone know what the problem is?
> 	Thanks,
> 
> Vince Scoglietti
> vcs@ix.netcom.com
> 
> 
> 
> 	OK, I know some of you are probably looking to flame me for
> downloading from Asimov, and my "copyright infringement", but I'm not
> looking for flames.  I really want to play Zaxxon, one of my favorite
> arcade games from a long long time ago.  I know that these images are
> illegal, but name one place where I could walk in and buy the
> commercial version?  C'mon folks, I could see a "war on piracy" if
> Asimov was distributing PC "warez", or if someone was commercially
> selling these, but they're not.  I actually think that Asimov is doing
> something worthwhile, because they are preserving stuff that normally
> would have been forgotten or  thrown out.  The user base of all Apple
> II models is probably under a million by now, and out of those, how
> many still have these classic games?   Asimov is kind of like a "time
> capsule" I guess........
> 
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