AppleTalk on the hoof

From: Paul R. Santa-Maria <paulrsm_at_ameritech.net>
Date: Sat Jun 10 07:26:12 2000

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> From: Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser_at_oa.ptloma.edu>
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: AppleTalk on the hoof
> Date: Friday, June 09, 2000 11:13 PM
>
> Yeah, I heard a rumour that Apple offered GS/OS there, but I don't have
> any way of transferring the software (unless an Apple II meister out
there
> would like to explain how ...) Can today's Macs format ProDOS volumes
still?
> If not, does anyone have GS/OS on disk, or willing to make copies? I
would
> gladly reimburse any inconvenience or we could come to an equitable
> understanding ... :-)

The software on Apple's FTP site is all in Mac format (.HQX or MacBin).
Modern Macs have a hard time creating GCR 800K disks (if they can at all).
Apple has gone to the cheaper MFM-only drives which handle the 1.44MB disks
well.

GS/OS v6 (the latest) needs more memory than just the 1MB Apple memory
card. If your IIgs only has about 1MB then do not bother with GS/OS. The
previous owner may have been using them as IIe's (ProDOS 8) as I do with my
IIgs.

I can copy the disks for you, but you will have to send me a box of DS/DD
disks as I do not wish to lose any of my little hoard.

> By the way, about upgrading the SE/30. I want to upgrade the thing to
> System 7.x but NOT if it will mean I can no longer run AppleShare File
> Server. Can I download a System 7 friendly ASFS anywhere? This poor
> thing doesn't even have MultiFinder. I do know that Apple has System 7
> for download, and I should hope a 68K version of ASFS ... ?

I *think* that ASFS v2 can only run on System 6 while ASFS v3 can run on
System 7. Both may take over the entire machine so using the Mac normally
may be impossible. Make a backup before experimenting!

My answer to the Apple II/Macintosh/MS-DOS data transfer problem is a
Macintosh LC II with an Apple IIe card running System 7.1 and the extension
that lets me read and write Apple II and MS-DOS disks. The extension
cannot handle Win9x long file names but I do no need that.


Paul R. Santa-Maria
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
paulrsm_at_ameritech.net
Received on Sat Jun 10 2000 - 07:26:12 BST