W Waywick macrumors newbie Original poster Nov 20, 2010 14 0 Nov 22, 2010 #1 You know that 800k floppy drive with an Apple II? How do I even use it? My Apple IIGS boots/reads disks off the 5.25 drive. How do I read floppies in the 800k?
You know that 800k floppy drive with an Apple II? How do I even use it? My Apple IIGS boots/reads disks off the 5.25 drive. How do I read floppies in the 800k?
macEfan macrumors 65816 Apr 7, 2005 1,210 7 Nov 22, 2010 #2 Is your startup disk which loads the GS OS on the 5.25" floppy?
W Waywick macrumors newbie Original poster Nov 20, 2010 14 0 Nov 22, 2010 #3 macEfan said: Is your startup disk which loads the GS OS on the 5.25" floppy? Click to expand... Uhhh, GS/OS? I use Apple DOS 3.3....
macEfan said: Is your startup disk which loads the GS OS on the 5.25" floppy? Click to expand... Uhhh, GS/OS? I use Apple DOS 3.3....
David Schmidt macrumors 6502 Aug 22, 2006 319 11 Southeastern USA Nov 27, 2010 #4 Waywick said: Uhhh, GS/OS? I use Apple DOS 3.3.... Click to expand... You can't use a 800k diskette with DOS 3.3. You need to move up to at least ProDOS - it's the first OS that really understands how to use it.
Waywick said: Uhhh, GS/OS? I use Apple DOS 3.3.... Click to expand... You can't use a 800k diskette with DOS 3.3. You need to move up to at least ProDOS - it's the first OS that really understands how to use it.
W Waywick macrumors newbie Original poster Nov 20, 2010 14 0 Nov 28, 2010 #5 David Schmidt said: You can't use a 800k diskette with DOS 3.3. You need to move up to at least ProDOS - it's the first OS that really understands how to use it. Click to expand... Any idea on how I'd acquire ProDOS?
David Schmidt said: You can't use a 800k diskette with DOS 3.3. You need to move up to at least ProDOS - it's the first OS that really understands how to use it. Click to expand... Any idea on how I'd acquire ProDOS?
David Schmidt macrumors 6502 Aug 22, 2006 319 11 Southeastern USA Nov 29, 2010 #6 Waywick said: Any idea on how I'd acquire ProDOS? Click to expand... Here's one way to get it bootstrapped if you have a serial cable: http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/bootstrap.html
Waywick said: Any idea on how I'd acquire ProDOS? Click to expand... Here's one way to get it bootstrapped if you have a serial cable: http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/bootstrap.html
W Waywick macrumors newbie Original poster Nov 20, 2010 14 0 Dec 2, 2010 #7 David Schmidt said: Here's one way to get it bootstrapped if you have a serial cable: http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/bootstrap.html Click to expand... That looks confusing. Thanks for your help.
David Schmidt said: Here's one way to get it bootstrapped if you have a serial cable: http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/bootstrap.html Click to expand... That looks confusing. Thanks for your help.
David Schmidt macrumors 6502 Aug 22, 2006 319 11 Southeastern USA Dec 2, 2010 #8 Waywick said: That looks confusing. Click to expand... Sorry to hear that. I tried to make it as straightforward as possible, but it's not a simple process. If you'd like to buy some disks that are already made, Eric Shepard sells them here: http://store.syndicomm.com/index.ph..._id=13&zenid=63b00ca6672404f94f9c5c320ce3039c
Waywick said: That looks confusing. Click to expand... Sorry to hear that. I tried to make it as straightforward as possible, but it's not a simple process. If you'd like to buy some disks that are already made, Eric Shepard sells them here: http://store.syndicomm.com/index.ph..._id=13&zenid=63b00ca6672404f94f9c5c320ce3039c