Re: Sys 6.01 disks in .2mg format

[sporadic <sporadically@gmail.com>]

On Jan 11, 10:23 am, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> schmidtd wrote:
> > On Jan 11, 9:52 am, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> >> In article
> >> <c066bfde-19ec-4425-8435-16ac395b1...@c3g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
>
> >> Toinet <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
> >> > So the question is: what is the string to enter in google to find the
> >> > 6.0.1 disks in 2mg format?
>
> >> > We know where to look for because we know our platform and its
> >> > different sources. But, what about other people? How may we help them
> >> > in googling correctly? I know, some do not use google :-)
>
> >> Good point. It's original rather than 2mg, but this query
>
> >> <http://www.google.com/search?q=apple+II+system+601>
>
> >> is lucky for "Older Software Downloads - Apple - Support"
>
> >> <http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html>
>
> > It occurs to me that the ancient art of FAQ maintenance might help the
> > situation.  I think FAQs have largely been obviated by Google, but
> > back in the day - if you were looking for something - that was the
> > place to go.  Links are notoriously hard to keep up to date.  But
> > maybe of we concentrated a little more on just being a clearinghouse
> > of links that is regularly tested, maybe that would help.
>
> I've been thinking about making a more concise FAQ which has just the
> absolute essentials. The most frequent of the frequently asked questions.
> Any more than that, and you'd need to refer to the 25-post behemoth. :-0

As someone who recently came back to Apple IIgs, after being away for
nearly 20 years, my experience with trying to catch up/find old info/
stay current are:

1. the Rubywand faq are awesome!  I found great info on how to repair
the System Saver GS (new and improved fan upgraded).
2. the faqs can be out of date: vendors no longer exist (e.g.
Alltech's site on Apple II stuff doesn't appear to exist anymore).
3. searching c.s.a2 was extremely helpful, I was able to track down
RamFast rom version info (floptical compatibility), find floptical
driver for the Apple HS SCSI card, etc.
4. Finding new vendors was mostly through word of mouth/old posts:
ultimateapple2, reactivemicro, etc.
5. The oldies are still around: a2central, apple2.org, etc., and those
helped!
6. taking the time to read c.s.a2 in reverse chronological order
helped greatly, to see what's been going on recently, new hardware
being worked on/available, etc.

So I think having a concise and current FAQ would be awesome,
supplemented with the behemoth FAQ.

Jimmy