Re: IIIGS Boot Disks Too?

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@orcon.net.nz>]

In <9791a08.0409251919.163bd4fe@posting.google.com> mlgstudios wrote:
> heuser.marcus@freenet.de (Marcus Heuser) wrote in message news:
> <e9c909f5.0409250041.71d15631@posting.google.com>...
>> Ziggy <Ziggy@TheCentre.com> wrote in message news:<vR45d.150149$3l3.
>> 39496@attbi_s03>...
>> > 
>> > While not the same exact problem, how about creating GS boot disks 
>> > from the apple site on a PC? ( ive managed to destroy the orginals 
>> > by leaving them out in teh garage.. i guess humidity did them in )
>> 
>> From what I've read it is not possible to read/write/format 800K-
>> disks on a PC. The PC-floppy-hardware simply does not allow it.
> 
> You are correct.  Now, if I can make a boot disk for the IIGS from a
> Mac, that would be awesome.
> 
> Can it be done?  I can get anything on a PC onto the Mac now that I
> have PC Exchange.

Yes. You can use Apple's Disk Copy program to turn floppy disk images 
into real floppy disks. You can download Disk Copy from
http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html#util

At the top of the same page are Apple IIGS System 6 disk images.

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Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://vintageware.orcon.net.nz/
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