Newbie Help

[Kathleen Jones <joneskp@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu>]

The Community Center where I volunteer has just been donated two Apple 
II GS's, complete with color monitors and imagewriters.  Although I was 
at first daunted by the prospect of supporting such venerable machines, 
I have come 360 degrees since encountering all the marvellous on-line 
resources for this unappreciated computer!  I am a convert to the 
computer of my youth!  Thanks to Nathan Mates, Matt Portune, RTK and 
many others for your informative pages.  I now know that we have rom 01 
and 512 K of RAM.
	Unfortunately our computers came with no software, and there is no 
money in our budget for such expenses. I have read eagarly about public 
domain sites, but I seem to be ftp incompetent.  Made lazy by my 
precious Mac IIci, I have no idea how to interpret the cryptic lists I 
find at these ftp sites.  How do I know what to download?  We could 
really use a word processor, educational games and a typing tutor 
program, but I don't know where to begin downloading.  It seems that 
there are some standard decompression programs, but I can't seem to find 
them either.  Will unstuff-it help me in this new endeavor?  What about 
AppleWorks?  Is there any way to get it on-line?   I have un-earthed 
some DD-DS disks from my college days, so if I could find somthing I 
could copy it to an appropriate disk.  I just can't figure out how to 
match ftp-names with english titles.
	Any help or advice offered by this illustrious gathering will be 
greatly appreciated.
	-Kathleen Jones