Re: Downloading software for Apple II?

[Charles <spammeister12345@aol.com>]

In article <MPG.1c1855aea5a2f0eb989693@news.giganews.com>, 
alpuzz@comcast.net says...
> Talk about a blast from the past, I just got my hands on my cousin's old 
> Apple IIgs.  Problem is about the only piece of software I have for it 
> is an educational game called Reader Rabbit.
> 
> All my other machines are PCs.  I know that I can download software for 
> the GS as disk images, but how can I get them onto media that the Apple 
> can read?
> 
> I'm sure this question has been asked before, so if there is such a 
> thing, maybe the best thing would be a pointer to a FAQ page.
> 
> Thanks for any info,
> 
> --Al
> 
>  
> 
 
I don't want to dissuade you from this adventure, but please note right 
now that this path (getting free software from online sources back into 
GS readable format) is more than a little challenging for a beginner (or 
even  an experienced PC user who used to use Apple's - including the 
GS).

I've got a fully tricked out GS system sitting in my home office unused 
because I can't find the time to hook it all up and get it all working 
and downloading software from the net via pc and null modem (yuk!), or 
thru the gee whiz LanceGS card, or using the 3.5" Superdrive to read PC 
3.5" disks.

Most of that hardware came to me after trying the  null modem methods 
and suffering through defeat after defeat on that front and finally 
giving up and solving the problem by throwing hardware at it.

I started getting re-interested in Apple computing as I came to realize 
that all the advances we've made in the last 20 years is to make the 
screen prettier and work faster.  The things we do today are things I 
could have done with my Apple IIgs 20 years ago.  That got me interested 
in doing just that..

So here I sit waiting for enough time to make this all work together.

It's not easy but I'm going to do it :)   Someday.

Charles