Re: How to format 800K boot disk for GS

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

Greetings,

What you need is a copy of the IIGS system disk. There are several
places online you can download it from but if you have no experience
with the GS it might work better if I just e-mail you a zip file
containg a 2mg copy of the system disk. If you'd like you can contact
me at magnusfalkirk at gmail dot com. Once you have a usable image of
the system disk put that into your slot 5 drive one for the emulator
and boot it up. When you get to the desktop insert the image of your
game, double click the disk that shows up on the GS desktop to pen it.
Thne double click the program icon to launch your game.

As I said contact me and I'll get you a copy of the system disk.

Dean


On Aug 18, 8:28 pm, zwsdot...@gmail.com wrote:
> Actually I am not on a real GS (yet; I am trying to rebuild my
> collection but so far haven't reacquired a GS). I'm trying to play
> Deja Vu in Sweet16, and the disk image isn't bootable. As I recall,
> the Amiga version of this game had the same silly setup.
>
> Beyond INIT HELLO I don't remember how to format a disk on the II
> series; I never owned a GS, and I certainly never got to use any II
> with 3.5" floppies :)
>
> If I boot off a 5.25" ProDOS disk image, then eject and insert the
> Deja Vu (800K) disk image, I can't catalog it. I guess this is because
> the 3.5" and 5.25" disks show up on separate slots [?].
>
> How can I format a bootable 3.5" disk image so I can run this darn
> game?
>
> Thanks.