Gsos is really for the apple gs to imitate the macintosh. It became incompatible with most native apple iigs software written from late1987 onward, and os support only lasted up to system 3. Carnation software use your flat screen monitor with your apple iigs great guide that is nearly identical to this one, except it takes a slightly easier route. Gsos is an operating system developed by apple computer for its apple iigs personal computer that uses the prodos filing system. Gsport is a portable in the programming sense apple ii gs emulator, based on the kegs crossplatform iigs emulator by kent dickey. Apple iigs rgb to vga conversion joes computer museum. At present your authorized apple dealer isnt likely to be as much help with the gs as he would have been back then. July 1, 2019 links updated the wimodem232oled description t. I have to admit my ignorance of everything that has more than 8 bits, but i am curious. If you install to an 800k disk, the finder is renamed start and is booted that way. Prosel may install themselves as the boot application by copying themselves to systemstart. Many books, manuals and even some magazines for the apple ii and lots of other systems. Gsport is a portable, crossplatform apple ii gs emulator based on kent dickeys kegs emulator. Great device for connecting to bbss from iigs through wifi to your router.
When jm gothic is the system font, the window manager uses jm gothic instead of the hardcoded shaston 8. Gsport is a portable, crossplatform apple ii gs emulator based on kent. The effect works well enough on the apple iigs rgb monitor only because of size, scan rate, dot pitch, etc. The iigs cpu even has builtin mos 6502 emulation, which is the cpu in the apple ii line of computers. Apple iigs roms, games and isos to download for emulation. This is one of the early gui operating systems running on the apple iigs series of computers. Iigs welcome to the apple iigs roms section of the rom database. Comes with free crawler toolbar with great customizable plugins. The gs in the name stands for graphics and sound, referring to its enhanced multimedia capabilities, especially its stateof. Apple desktop bus keyboard apple iigs 8252b a9m0330 6584081 mouse g5431. While backwards compatible for running most apple ii games, the apple iigs has a native 16bit mode with support for graphics, sound, and animation capabilities that surpass the abilities of the earlier apple ii. Please scroll down for more sections and remember to share this page. The xaxis represents the bank numbers and the yaxis represents the addresses within a bank. Dan price sent me the mother lode of apple iigs stuff.
It included expanded graphics and sound functions, and was initially offered with 256 kb of ram, expandable to 8 mb. Appleworks gs was to be the killer application for the platform and was highly anticipated when first shown at applefest in may of 1988. The machine is part of the 16bit home computer gaming revolution of the mid 1980s to early 1990s, competing directly with the. The apple iigs shipped with a fantastic but often overlooked feature. Gsport is a portable in the programming sense apple iigs emulator, based on the kegs crossplatform iigs emulator by kent dickey. You can use this iigs rom file with kegs, sweet16, bernie ii the rescue, gsport, and any other apple iigs emulator.
Apple gs emulator apple gs emulation kegs emulator. The last member of the apple line, the apple gs was a also the most powerful. Gsport supports file sharing, printer sharing, and network booting features using apple s original appletalk software, such as that shipped with gsos 6. Go through your tour of the apple iigs, the training disk that came with the computer. Downloading older apple iigs software apple community. Current apple iigs related auctions listed by time left. Gsport is a portable in the programming sense apple iigs emulator, based on. The program was originally developed at styleware, creators of multiscribe a word processor for both the 8bit apple ii and iigs specific version and top draw an object orientated drawing program. It provides facilities for accessing the file system, controlling inputoutput devices, loading and running program files, and a system allowing programs to handle interrupts and signals.
Announced in september 1986, the iigs was built around a western design center 65c816 processor running at either 2. The main goal for gsport is to provide a free, open ecosystem for the continuation of crossplatform development of iigs emulation. With all of these software tools, you have everything you need to effectively manage your small business. Kegs is an apple iigs emulator for mac os x, linux, and win32. A utility for managing apple ii file archives and disk images.
The apple iigs stylized as iigs is the fifth and most powerful model in the apple ii series of personal computers produced by apple computer. Magic window one of the most popular apple ii word processors by artsci. Kansasfest 2020, the 32 nd annual apple ii convention, is scheduled for july 2126 in kansas city, missouri. See page 8 of the apple jigs owners guide for instructions on starting up the training. Apple iigs games, free apple iigs games software downloads, page 2.
This page contains the system software specifically for the apple iigs. Gsport now emulates the appletalk networking hardware found in the real apple iigs and bridges the networking packets to ethertalk v2. The mac 512k blog chronicles the macintosh 512k and my projects with it. Its an opensource project based on the kegs and gsport emulators. Here are my contributions to the apple ii community. Insanely good site that covers gs software and more. Apple iigs emulator software free download apple iigs. The software combines dvd to apple tv converter and apple tv. The online resource to purchase the official apple ii documentation and software.
Get the best deals on apple iigs and find everything youll need to improve your home office setup at. Along with the unit itself, he included extra keyboards, memory expansion cards, scsi cards and drives, and tons and tons of software and documentation. Ive not had any experience with gsport on any flavour of linux, so its up to. Robert woodhead of sirtech software, wellknown as the cocreator of the wizardry series of computer roleplaying games, will join us as the keynote speaker. The gs in the name stands for graphics and sound, referring to its enhanced multimedia capabilities, especially its stateoftheart sound and music. An apple iigs has the capability to run almost all apple ii, apple iie, and apple iic programs. However, it involves modifying your iigs motherboard, something i dont like to. I assume you have access to mame software for the iigs, ideally the software. The apple iigs, apples home computer for 1986 low end mac. Fullscreen support broken on windows 10, just shows a small screen in upper left corner on the. A2t apple corp diagnostics non iigs d apple iigs diagnostics 3. Allinone solution to create apple tv movies from dvds, tv shows and home videos. The apple gs was of the apple series but had better graphics and sound than the classic apple line. Apple ii gs emulator based on kent dickeys kegs status.
Apple iigs emulation and gsos installation youtube. Gsport apple ii gs emulator based on kegs by kent dickey davidschmidtgsport. Can someone do an updated apple iigs setup write up. For use with apple iigs emulators such as sweet16, kegs, gsport, and any other apple iigs emaulator. We will test software, fix hardware, program it, hack it, and generally take the 512k macintosh to its limits. The iigs is a continuation of the earlier apple ii computer line, and is designed to be backwards compatible with apple ii software and hardware. Apple iigs emulator cross platform modern features. You need to bear in mind that it was written in 1986. No results for hover blade for the apple iigs available on ebay. Apple iigs games software free download apple iigs games. Gsos was included as a component of apple iigs system software. The first is the original owners guide for the rom 01 apple iigs. Gsport now emulates the appletalk networking hardware found in the real. The apple gs tried to compete with the commodore amiga and atari st series, while still running classic apple programs.
This site is dedicated to the preservation of the apple iigs computing platform. The startup splash screen of the original rom only displays the words apple iigs at the top center of the screen, in the same fashion that previous apple ii models identify themselves. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided. The apple ii set the standard in personal computers and was an enormous success. The apple iigs was the most powerful computer in the apple ii line. There are several video output options for the apple iigs. This version was updated by a number of members of the apple ii computing community and is freely offered here. To date, macintosh repository served 1083101 old mac files, totaling more than 196175. There are other emulators such as gsplus, kegs32, and gsport. This is a good way to learn about the mouse, a pointing device used in many apple iigs applications.
In other words, its a shame that apple never provided a proper color 640 mode, because its essentially broken from the start. The base emulator builds and runs on all of the same platforms that kegs did, and the new capabilities are being integrated as. Ill eventually include scans of some of the software and docs, but heres most of. An apple ii related podcast by mike maginnis and quinn dunki. The company strongly encouraged thirdparty software development, and by 1983 there was a library of 16,000 software programs for the machine. Googling reveals a bunch of choices, but most seem to not have been updated recently.
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