WELCOME TO VERSION 3.1 OF
WHAT IS THE APPLE IIGS?

This site is dedicated to the preservation of the Apple IIGS computing platform. The archives held within can be used with emulators or for use on real Apple IIGS computers.

It is hoped that one day this archive will feature a complete library of Apple IIGS applications, games, educational software, hardware references and drivers and publication cover scans. If you’re a collector yourself, you can help make this already comprehensive archive 100% complete. 

HOW TO GET STARTED WITH AN APPLE IIGS EMULATOR

1. Download an emulator for your computer:

Sweet 16
for Mac OS X 10.4 PPC and Intel based Macs
Bernie ][ the Rescue
for Mac OS 8.5 to MacOS 9.2
KEGS 0.91
for Mac OS X

KEGS32
for Windows 95 onwards (More User friendly KEGS) KEGS 0.91
(must be run from terminal) Virtual Apple
for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Active X

KEGS 0.91
(you will need to compile yourself from docs)

2. Download one Apple IIGS firmware ROM, which is necessary for an Apple IIGS to work:

ROM01 (recommended, more compatible) or ROM03 (only slightly faster, less compatible);

3. Rename the ROM file you have downloaded according to your emulator’s instructions and place the ROM file in the same directory as your emulator executable/application. For example, KEGS requires the IIGS ROM simply be called ‘ROM’. Bernie ][ the Rescue requires that the ROM01 filename be called ‘Apple IIgs ROM 01’.

4. Download the 2image archives from this site. Un-archive each download, then open/mount them with your emulator. Reboot the virtual IIGS and begin experiencing the 16-bit Apple II.

5. Some 2image archives don’t include a bootable operating system, so you will require a boot disk to load first. Download this hard drive image, which includes a complete install of GS/OS System 6.01:

 System 6.0.1 Hard Drive Image (Complete with many shareware and freeware and every system tool and font used by almost every IIGS desktop based program - 13.3meg)

6. Additionally you can quickly start with a wide range of IIGS software by utilising these hard drive images, which include as much hard drive installable software as possible:

 System Add-ons (Customise GS/OS with a huge collection of system extensions - 12.5meg)

 Fonts (Huge collection of bitmaps and a large selection of TrueTypes for use with Pointless - 15.1meg)

 Action Games (17meg)

 Adventure and Simulation Games (20.2meg)

 Board Games and RPGs (15.8meg)

 Sports & Unreleased Games (Also more shareware and freeware games and game demos - 13.9 meg)

 Productivity & Visual Creative (both commercial software, shareware and freeware - 14.3meg)

 Utilities & Aural Creative (both commercial & shareware, including many sequenced music files - 15.2meg)

 Hyper Studio (pre-installed and including many, many different stacks - 14.5meg)

 HyperCard IIGS (pre-installed and also includes many example stacks - 13.3meg)

 Reading, Writing and Mathematics (Educational software - 15.1meg)

 Science, Social Studies, Kids Creative, Computer Skills (Educational software - 14.4meg)

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