13 Jul
2000
13 Jul
'00
4:44 a.m.
How elderly is "elderly"? I tried a Mac SE, but it didn't have enough
memory. Would a Mac II work? I've been using a PowerMac. Is it OK to use
720K disks? Disk storage and capacity makes NO since to me.
Thanks,
Owen
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From: Jim Strickland <jim(a)calico.litterbox.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: Running GS/OS On an Apple IIgs
When I did this I had to expand the files on an elderly
macintosh to get
usable disks. They each write out a disk image.
>
> I have been trying very hard to get GS/OS running on my Apple IIgs ROM 1.
I
> downloaded the disk images from Apple, and the
disk seems to duplicate OK
on
a 3.5"
720K DOS Disk, but I get an UNABLE TO LOAD PRODOS message on the
Apple IIgs. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Owen
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4:09 p.m.
I used an SE30 with expanded memory. 720k double density disks are exactly
the right kind. I would expect any mac that can still read and write 800k
mac disks to be able to do the job, so the Mac II probably would work.
You can also get gsos either preloaded on a hard disk (from allelec.com)
or on floppies from http://www.shrevesystems.com/apple2.html
You'll want a hard disk for gsos. You *can* boot from floppy, but it's not
very useful. The hard disks allelec.com sells are called focus hard cards,
and they're quite nice. And at 69 bucks US it's hard to beat.
You'll also need at least 2 megs of RAM to run GSOS. If you seriously want
to get into this stuff, I have a GS with a 4 meg memory board and lots of other
useful stuff (no OS though, unfortunately) I'm looking to get rid of, and will
sell for very little money. E-mail me privately and we can work something out.
How elderly is "elderly"? I tried a Mac SE, but it didn't have enough
memory. Would a Mac II work? I've been using a PowerMac. Is it OK to use
720K disks? Disk storage and capacity makes NO since to me.
Thanks,
Owen
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4:38 p.m.
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Jim Strickland wrote:
You'll want a hard disk for gsos. You *can* boot
from floppy, but it's not
very useful. The hard disks allelec.com sells are called focus hard cards,
and they're quite nice. And at 69 bucks US it's hard to beat.
Wow, allelec.com is pretty cool. They're prices are pretty high on most
of their Apple ][ items, but it's neat to know you can still buy from them
an Apple //e, //c, //c+ and even Apple /// motherboards.
The price for the hardcard is not bad at all. I think I may buy one so I
don't have to lug a Sider along to the VCF (I use an Apple //e with a
10meg Sider as the cashier terminal).
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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4:50 p.m.
Any images written by a PowerMac (or "newer" Mac) will not load on a
IIgs. The versions of MacOS that run on these machines overwrite
several bytes of the GS/OS code as the images are expanded to floppy,
causing the UNABLE TO LOAD PRODOS errors. I ran into this problem
several years ago, and this was the explanation I was given on
comp.sys.apple2. An SE/30 worked flawlessly.
Mike
Owen Robertson wrote:
How elderly is "elderly"? I tried a Mac SE, but it didn't have enough
memory. Would a Mac II work? I've been using a PowerMac. Is it OK to use
720K disks? Disk storage and capacity makes NO since to me.
Thanks,
Owen
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Strickland <jim(a)calico.litterbox.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: Running GS/OS On an Apple IIgs
When I did this I had to expand the files on an
elderly macintosh to get
usable disks. They each write out a disk image.
>
> I have been trying very hard to get GS/OS running on my Apple IIgs ROM 1.
I
> downloaded the disk images from Apple, and
the disk seems to duplicate OK
on
>> a 3.5" 720K DOS Disk, but I get an UNABLE TO LOAD PRODOS message on the
>> Apple IIgs. Does anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Owen
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>Jim Strickland
>jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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