Knowing nothing about the networking capabilities of the AppleIIgs, I can only talk about the AppleII+. My cousin worked for "Mountain Computer" and he got me a ROM card which would allow the AppleII+ to 'boot up' to any program on the ROM, as soon as it was turned on. Without checking the card and disturbing the dust, I don't remember how many K of EPROM it had. Mountain also sold EPROM burners, Music Cards, Serial Clock cards and a monster 10 M hard drive that ran on ProDos. I obtained specimens of these; after they were obsolete. I never did make a ROM boot up program, but it could be what you saw, using the AppleIIgs as a terminal. Does anyone remember these old 'cutting edge' items. I still have a bunch of the EPROM's, 2716s I think. I did however make many EPROMs that incorporated a dual Apple and Franklin ROMs. Franklin had a better font for lower case and 80 column. I'm really dating myself here.
Wendell III wrote: > Greetings everyone! > > I was pondering my earliest memories of Apple computers today, and came > across something I have not seen since. Perhaps one of you can shed some > light on this? > > At my elementary school, circa 1989-1992(?), was a computer lab full of > Apple IIGS computers, several ImageWriter II printers and what must have > been a single Mac II. I remember being very curious about all of it, but > not a single soul was permitted to "touch" the Mac. Even moving the mouse > around was considered taboo. Anyway, it wasn't discussed, but I assume > these were all connected together in some sort of LocalTalk chain since they > could all print. The interesting thing was that I don't think the IIGS > machines had any sort of hard drive in them. However, on power-up, they > would instantly go to this boring, blue-colored menu system from which TONS > of MECC and various other titles could be accessed. > > Presumably, they were somehow booting across the network, from the Mac II? > Or perhaps they were booting from ROM, and accessing the menu data from the > Mac? > > What was this system called, and where can I find a copy? > > Did Apple sell "networks" like this, or was it provided by a reseller? Any > ideas? > > I'm looking to gather as much information as possible, in order to satisfy > my curiosity. Thanks in advance for any help! > -W > > -- > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> > The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
