Re: Apple IIGS to TV?

[limtc <thyechean@gmail.com>]

Hopefully. The short term is to 1) showcase the GS - not just the
Apple II - part to the kids, and 2) create an environment for Ding Wen
so that he can at least do some programming on the GS itself - at
least GSoft BASIC level, hopefully. 1) I will need to have games and
software like DiversiTune and FTA demos as mine already not working,
and 2) create 800K environment that is suitable for Ding Wen to do
programming.

Longer term is a much harder question. Yes, I don't have "old enough
Mac", which means I don't have floppy disk nor AppleTalk. I hope to
find a solution not to make owning a GS becoming an expensive hobby.
Based on your suggestion, the CF card do looks like a solution. I will
check it out.

On 3月24日, 上午3时56分, "Michael Kent"
<michael.k...@a2central.com.remove-3b8-this> wrote:

> I'm glad to see you got a GS working again and got at least a few programs up
> and running.  And from another thread it sounds like you'll have System 6.0.1
> working properly soon.  That's great!  Now, for the longer term....
>
> Do you still have a Mac with AppleTalk?  If so, you can set up an AppleShare
> file server and use the GS's built-in AppleTalk to access it.  That would
> probably be the quickest, easiest way to solve your file storage and internet
> access problems in one fell swoop.  You can even boot from an AppleShare
> drive, which would take your perhaps unreliable 3.5" drive out of the loop.
>
> Otherwise if you can come accross an Uthernet ethernet card, you can network
> that way, accessing your Mac's hard drive via ftp.
>
> http://www.a2retrosystems.com/
>
> Next best would probably be to get a CFFA card:
>
> http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CFforAppleII/ma...
>
> That will allow you to use a compact flash card as a hard drive.  I currently
> use an old 256 Meg flashcard from my digital camera, but anything up to a 2-
> Gig card will work, and maybe even higher than that.  You could then take the
> flashcard to a Mac or PC, load it up with software downloaded from the net,
> and plug it back into the GS.
>
> Mass storage and at least an indirect connection to the net.  Get that and
> you'll be in like Flynn!
>
> Mike
> Michael Kent                                                  Apple II Forever!
> St. Peters, MO
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