Anybody good with IIGSes?

[Gamer9430]

So I tried to get some help with this issue over in Apple Collectors, but no one replied anything constructive to it, so I figured I'd ask over here, knowing that some of you have Apple IIs and IIGSes.

Anyway, I've been banging my head against my wall since I got my IIGS since I simply cannot for the life of me figure out how to get software onto it. I first began the process by looking for a way to convert 2mg image files to something I could burn to a floppy off a beige Mac. I couldn't find anything on this, or anything that worked, so I gave up on that. I then realized I could try using the serial on one of my old Dell laptops to connect ADTPro to the IIGS. So at first, I was trying just a direct female DB9 to DIN8 connection between the laptop and the IIGS, but that didnt seem to work at all. I then got a female DB9 to female DB9 cable along with a USB to male DB9 adapter today from school, so I tried using that again, and got nowhere. I then remembered that I have a Super Serial II Card in my IIGS, so I tried to use my full size Parallel to Serial cable, an official Apple one that I had lying around, to then plug into the female to female DB9 cable, and then into the Serial port on the laptop. I went to try and configure the SSC card, but I couldn't get it to give me the "Apple SSC" prompt to type in 14b. I tried moving it to different slots, trying my best to figure out how to set up the slots in the control panel, and to try and figure out if it would come up my typing IN#1-10, which made it do various things other than give me a prompt.

The reason I'm now dead-set on using the SSC card is because I don't believe I have any Null-Modem cables to use the built in Serial ports on the IIGS, but the SSC card has built-in Null Modem capabilities regardless of the cables. So I need help on figuring out which slot to put the card in, how to configure the card in the Control Panel, and then how to initialize the card once its set up properly. Then at that point, hopefully I can finally get ADTPro working and FINALLY get some software for my IIGS after several months.

 

[iTurbo]

I was just watching Lazy Game Reviews review of the IIGS on YouTube and he talks about how he got software onto it starting at about 11:45. Hope this helps.

 

[eyoungren]

When I was 17 (1987) I ran a nightly BBS and shared an association with a guy in my area who ran a BBS off a IIGS.

Always kind of envied his system, but knew nothing about it until I stepped into an office supply store a while later that was selling the IIGS. It was amazing, but I was using a Commodore 64 at the time.

That's about all I know about it.

 

[havokalien]

floppy emu by Bigmessowires is another way. It works off the floppy port and uses a cf card that you can put images right on the card and use on IIgs and macs with proper formatting.

 

[Gamer9430]

floppy emu by Bigmessowires is another way. It works off the floppy port and uses a cf card that you can put images right on the card and use on IIgs and macs with proper formatting.

I would absolutely get this, and have looked into it for my Macintoshes, but this is a lot of money. It would be good to have for my multitude of machines, but I'm not sure if I can justify the cost of it. Perhaps I'll save up for one...

 

[mmphosis]

I'd go with ADTPro and the Super Serial Card. It is too bad any built-in serial port on the Apple IIGS does not work or does not easily work, but that is the nature of serial communications.

Years ago before I knew about ADTPro, I used the Super Serial Card to send disk images from my Apple II+ to my iBook G3. I had a USB to serial converter for the iBook. I had to fiddle with the settings in Terminal on the iBook to get things talking the same speeds, parities, etc. The Super Serial Card had DIP switches to set these things. I wrote my own software to read sectors and send them over to the Mac to be saved as DSK images for archival and to run in emulators.

http://macgui.com/usenet/?group=1

 

[laptech]

To use serial comms on the card, the card must be setup for comms. There are two switch blocks SW1 and SW2. On SW1, move SW1-5 and SW1-6 to 'ON' position. Leave SW2 alone. On the card there is also something called the 'jumper block'. There is a triangle on this jumper block, make sure the point of the triangle is pointing to the word 'Modem'. The SSC II card needs to be plugged into slot 2 on the board, the slots are numbed 0 to 7.

 

[Gamer9430]

To use serial comms on the card, the card must be setup for comms. There are two switch blocks SW1 and SW2. On SW1, move SW1-5 and SW1-6 to 'ON' position. Leave SW2 alone. On the card there is also something called the 'jumper block'. There is a triangle on this jumper block, make sure the point of the triangle is pointing to the word 'Modem'. The SSC II card needs to be plugged into slot 2 on the board, the slots are numbed 0 to 7.

Do I need to do any special configurations in the IIGS Control Panel?

 

[laptech]

Do I need to do any special configurations in the IIGS Control Panel?

No, just make sure in the control panel Slot 2 is activated.