Re: How to read disk images from Apple's Technical Information Source CD on a IIGS

["Paul R. Santa-Maria" <paulrsm@buckeye-express.com>]

> I have recently aquired Apple's Technical Information Source CD from
> 1992 (Version 3.0).  It contains a lot of disk images for the Lisa,
> Mac and Apple IIGS.  I have been unable to read the IIGS disk images
> with any software (for example GSHK) to create floppy disk images
> directly on my IIGS.   I am aware that there is software on this CD
> for Macs, but have not found the equivalent software for the IIGS.
> 
> Is there software for the IIGS which will let me process these IIGS
> disk images on my IIGS and create the actual floppy disks?

I have the same CD-ROM and created disks for all the Apple II disk
images on the CD-ROM.  On the CD-ROM is a Macintosh program called Disk
Copy.  Use an older Macintosh to create the disks.  I say older
Macintosh because my Power Macintosh 6100/66 appeared to create the
disks without errors, but they were unreadable in my IIgs.  I had to use
a Macintosh LC475 to create readable disks from the images.  The failure
of newer Macintosh computers to produce readable Apple II disks has been
discussed in this newsgroup many times.

Paul R. Santa-Maria
Monroe, Michigan  USA