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Apple iigs

Posted by: imactheknife on 2024-01-03 16:31:45

I finally recapped entire iigs system. Looks great🙂 i dont have proper floppies and i want to see it boot from something. I need more memory as well. It is rom 0 or rom 1. What will this boot from?

Posted by: Arbee on 2024-01-03 16:35:32

If you have a BMOW FloppyEmu it can boot from that. Otherwise you can write an 800K floppy with most 68K/PPC Macs.

Posted by: imactheknife on 2024-01-03 16:36:45

If you have a BMOW FloppyEmu it can boot from that. Otherwise you can write an 800K floppy with most 68K/PPC Macs.

Oh sweet. Does it have to be a certain file system? And what version? 5? Thanks!

Posted by: Arbee on 2024-01-03 16:52:02

Depends how much memory it has. ROM 0/1 are 256K base which will only boot the 1.x system disks, but if there's a memory expansion card that obviously goes up.

Posted by: imactheknife on 2024-01-03 17:10:47

Depends how much memory it has. ROM 0/1 are 256K base which will only boot the 1.x system disks, but if there's a memory expansion card that obviously goes up.

ok. Yeah, need more memory. Will have to check what rom I have for sure. Do the floppy drives need recapping? not sure if they even work as I have never booted this

Posted by: Arbee on 2024-01-03 17:12:36

I’ve never heard of recapping the floppy drives. They’re the same Sony drives as a Mac Plus or SE.

Posted by: imactheknife on 2024-01-04 07:20:08

I’ve never heard of recapping the floppy drives. They’re the same Sony drives as a Mac Plus or SE.

ok, thanks. I will see about the Macintosh garden for floppy images. I would imagine I need more ram for sure, Just interested to see this one come to life and play something on it.

Posted by: Arbee on 2024-01-04 07:48:51

Press Control-Open Apple (Command)-Esc when you see Check Startup Device. Use the arrow keys and Return to select Control Panel and then RAM Disk, and see what it says for "Total Free RAM".

Posted by: Revenar on 2024-02-08 10:56:55

ok, thanks. I will see about the Macintosh garden for floppy images. I would imagine I need more ram for sure, Just interested to see this one come to life and play something on it.

Unless something has changed, you should be able to download the GSOS disk images from that site. Otherwise, it should boot into the base ROM even without any floppies.

Posted by: imactheknife on 2024-02-10 06:54:27

Well, snagged a 4 meg memory card.. will see how it works once it arrives. What scsi card do i need to get hard drive installed?

Posted by: volvo242gt on 2024-02-10 16:17:35

There are multiple cards available. The one in mine is the Apple II High-Speed SCSI card.

You might want to look into the CFFA3000, actually. Can use either CF cards or USB flash drives.

CFFA3000 v1.0 Rev C-RM for II, II+, ///, IIe, and IIgs

This is the CFFA3000 v1.0 Rev C-RM built by ReActiveMicro under license from R&D Automation.ReActiveMicro is an authorized dealer and partner with R&D Automation in an effort to help bring mor

www.reactivemicro.com

I would also recommend getting this:

Battery: IIgs ROM0/1 Caddy

The battery in the ROM0 and ROM1 IIgs system connects to the motherboard using wire "legs". These legs can be easily cut close to the battery. This provides a simplistic way to remove the battery and

www.reactivemicro.com

Here's the rest of the stuff they offer for the IIgs: https://www.reactivemicro.com/product-category/apple2/iigs/

ROM 00 machines are limited to running ProDOS 16, whereas ROM 01 machines can run GS/OS up through version 6.0.4 (the final version) with enough RAM.

Posted by: superjer2000 on 2024-02-17 14:40:07

I finally recapped entire iigs system. Looks great🙂 i dont have proper floppies and i want to see it boot from something. I need more memory as well. It is rom 0 or rom 1. What will this boot from?

Did you recap the monitor as well? If so do you have a cap list? I have been meaning to do mine forever but haven’t gotten around to it. It would be nice to confirm I have the caps on hand first though.

Posted by: KennyPowers on 2024-02-17 20:02:41

Did you recap the monitor as well? If so do you have a cap list? I have been meaning to do mine forever but haven’t gotten around to it. It would be nice to confirm I have the caps on hand first though.

console5 sells a kit and also has capacitor lists:

When I recapped mine, R513 was a little toasty looking...

Posted by: imactheknife on 2024-02-18 15:05:37

console5 sells a kit and also has capacitor lists:

AppleColor RGB Monitor A2M6014, A2M6014X 2GS Cap Kit

This kit contains all parts necessary to replace the capacitors in the AppleColor RGB A2M6014 Monitor. The A2M6014 is the 14" RGB monitor typically paired with the Apple IIgs computer. The A2M6014

console5.com

AppleColor RGB Monitor A2M6014 - TechWiki

wiki.console5.com

They also sell an upgraded resistor for R513:

5.6k Ohm Resistor, 3 Watt, Metal Oxide

3 Watt replacement resistor for R513 in the AppleColor A2M6014 monitor. We have found that the original 2 Watt resistor may be prone to burning out. This replacement will be more resistant to burning whil

console5.com

When I recapped mine, R513 was a little toasty looking...

Hmmm, i never saw that. Do you have to buy that separately?? I bought my kit from console 5

Posted by: imactheknife on 2024-02-18 15:06:34

Did you recap the monitor as well? If so do you have a cap list? I have been meaning to do mine forever but haven’t gotten around to it. It would be nice to confirm I have the caps on hand first though.

I did recap monitor. I bought cap kit from console 5. I should have wrote down the caps, but i didn’t sadly!

Posted by: imactheknife on 2024-02-21 15:40:42

Sweet🙂 , now just a scsi card. Will try and book off a pro dos disk of some sort

Posted by: volvo242gt on 2024-02-25 02:22:52

;-)