Subject: Re: Apple II Path: lobby!newstf02.news.aol.com!portc03.blue.aol.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!207.172.3.37!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone.swbell.net!typhoon01.swbell.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <36B6F6B1.989FB2CA@swbell.net> From: Rubywand Reply-To: rubywand@swbell.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 References: <36b65819.30275109@news.cmgate.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 163 Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 06:59:29 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.193.9.15 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: typhoon01.swbell.net 917960248 207.193.9.15 (Tue, 02 Feb 1999 04:57:28 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 04:57:28 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services WaTcHtOwEr writes ... > > I am a proud owner of a apple II that was given to me > by my brother. Unfortunately I have no operating system(boot disk?) or > software for the machine. Does anyone know what I might need to get it > going? Or a good place to find ancient software. Thanx You could check with local schools-- they may have Apple II's installed and let you copy some software. By the way, you need to use Double Density diskettes with Apple II's-- 5.25" High Density diskettes won't work. An alternative is to download ADT and set up the II+ to transfer stuff from your PC. Here is a listing of helpful Apple II sites ... Major Apple II Information and Software Sites Apple2 Caltech- large collection of II/IIgs games and utilities ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/ Asimov- #1 archive of Apple II 8-bit games and utilities in emulator DSK and file formats; plus emulators and emu info ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/ Asimov Mirrors- sites which mirror Asimov ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/apple_II/ ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/apple_II/ ftp://mirror.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/ Asimov-GS- major archive of IIgs games, system, and other software as well as being a Csa2 FAQs mirror ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/ for FAQs mirror ... ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/FAQs.and.INFO/A2.Csa2.FAQs/ Ground Apple2 U. Iowa- the largest Apple II archive and home site of the Csa2 FAQs; maintains II/IIgs games, utilities, HC/HS stacks, music files, ..., and information plus separate collections including the AOL A2 archives ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/ Ground Mirrors- sites which mirror Ground ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/ground/ GS WorldView 'zine- II/IIgs applications articles, games, utilities, A2-2000 archive, and links; home site for 1WSW http://www.grin.net/~cturley/gsezine/ Uni-kl.de Apple2 U. Kaiserslautern- II/IIgs games, utilities, and emulator wares ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/apple2/ USA2WUG- Apple II Help & FAQs Collective; Csa2 FAQs mirror http://www.grin.net/~cturley/USA2WUG/A2.FAQS.INFO.ETC/ for FAQs mirror ... http://www.grin.net/~cturley/A2.FAQs.and.INFO/CSA2.FAQs/ Other Important Apple II Sites Apple2 U. Kentucky- A2 archive ftp://f.ms.uky.edu:/pub/appleII Apple2 U. Michagan- A2 archive http://www.umich.edu/~archive/apple2/ ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/apple2/umich.edu/ Apple2 U. Washington- comp.binaries.apple2 access ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/usenet/comp.binaries.apple2/ Apple II Emulator Page- Apple II emulator software and info http://www.saunalahti.fi/~profilon/net/emulators/apple2.html Apple II Emulator Resource Guide- Apple II emulator info http://www.zip.com.au/~alexm/faq/ Apple II Help Page- Info and links; Csa2 FAQs in HTML http://members.xoom.com/apple_II/ Apple II Lessons & Software- BASIC Lessons and A2 software http://www.iglou.com/qwerty/kb/dlfiles.html#53 Apple II Programmer's Archive- language software http://net-24-42.dhcp.mcw.edu/a2pa.html Apple II WWW and FTP Sites- comprehensive A2 & A3 links list http://www.cstone.net/~rbraun/apple2/a2ftp.html#web Apple Computer- mainly, GS system software ftp://ftp.apple.com/dts/aii http://www.apple.com/support Apple Computer- license information http://developer.apple.com/mkt/registering/swl/agreements.html Delphi- on-line service which permits A2 net access http://www.delphi.com/ for "A2 (Apple II)" forum ... http://www.delphi.com/apple2/ for "A2Pro" - Apple II Programmers forum ... http://www.delphi.com/a2pro/ Home of the Apple II- Apple II manual reprints, new user info, ..., and message board http://www.educate.net.au/~apple2/ International Apple II BBS List- A2 BBS sites and phone numbers http://home.earthlink.net/~gabesanchez/ KansasFest Web Page- KansasFest information http://www.kfest.org KulaSoft- Stocks Eamon Adventures, A2 software, Index http://www.angelfire.com/hi/kulasoft L.J. Silicon's Treasure Chest- Apple II software http://members.aol.com/ljsilicon/index.html Mother of All Apple II Web Pages- links http://www.syndicomm.com/a2web/ Odessa Entertainment- on-line entertainment 'zines http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/rembrandt/2/comp.html Texas II- Appleworks products and information, Y2K info, and home site for Beverly Cadieux's Apple II Mail Group (A2MG) http://members.aol.com/A2MG/ The Apple II Classic Games Page- large listing of classic A2 games with screenshots. http://jones.netplace.com/apple/welcome.html The Giant List- major listing of games and authors http://www.dadgum.com/giantlist/list.html Treasure Chest Project- Willie Yeo's list of A2 software reclassified as freeware or shareware http://www.tals.dis.qut.edu.au/staff/willie/treasurechest/ Unofficial, Unauthorized, Apple Online Museum- Greg Cifu's pages of Apple II machine history, anecdotes, and pictures http://www.hughes.net/~gcifu/applemuseum/index.html Upgrade the GS Project- Home page for input and discussion relating to IIgs upgrades http://members.wbs.net/homepages/m/y/n/mynameisme712/g.htm Maybe your best bet to get off 'Square One' is to email some regular Csa2 poster and request a diskette or two of getting started stuff-- bootable DOS, ProDOS, a copier, II+ version of ShrinkIt, a telecom program ... . Probably, you will need to send a few dollars to cover expenses. Rubywand