Installation Guide

To run Sweet16, you must have the following files (at a minimum) in the same directory on your BeOS system:

 

Sweet16 Application program.
APPLE2GS.ROM Apple IIGS ROM image (either ROM 01 or 3).

The ROM image contained in the APPLE2GS.ROM file must be extracted from an Apple IIGS you personally own in order to legally use Sweet16. I will not provide you with a ROM image, and obtaining one from someone else is a violation of US and international copyright law. If you email me asking for a ROM image, I will delete your email and try hard to forget you asked.

Creating a ROM Image File

To create your ROM image file, start by booting your real Apple IIGS into ProDOS 8, or by booting into GS/OS and then launching BASIC.SYSTEM to get into Applesoft BASIC.

If your computer is a ROM 01 system, enter the following command lines (keep in mind that the "]" and "*" characters are prompts; don't type them):

]call -151
*0/800<FE/0.7FFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM,A$800,L$8000
*0/800<FE/8000.FFFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM,A$800,L$8000,B$8000
*0/800<FF/0.7FFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM,A$800,L$8000,B$10000
*0/800<FF/8000.FFFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM,A$800,L$8000,B$18000

If your computer is a ROM 3 system, enter the following lines (again, keeping in mind that "]" and "*" are prompts):

]call -151
*0/800<FC/0.7FFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM2,A$800,L$8000
*0/800<FC/8000.FFFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM2,A$800,L$8000,B$8000
*0/800<FD/0.7FFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM2,A$800,L$8000,B$10000
*0/800<FD/8000.FFFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM2,A$800,L$8000,B$18000
*0/800<FE/0.7FFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM2,A$800,L$8000,B$20000
*0/800<FE/8000.FFFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM2,A$800,L$8000,B$28000
*0/800<FF/0.7FFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM2,A$800,L$8000,B$30000
*0/800<FF/8000.FFFFM
*BSAVE APPLE2GS.ROM2,A$800,L$8000,B$38000

You now have an APPLE2GS.ROM or APPLE2GS.ROM2 file for use with Sweet16. Transfer this file to your BeOS system using FTP or email, and copy it into your Sweet16 application directory.

If you have access to both ROM 01 and ROM 3 systems, you can make both ROM image files, and switch between them using Sweet16's Switch ROM submenu, located in the Setup menu. This is entirely optional.

Starting For the First Time

Once you have a ROM image in place, you can enter the Apple II world by launching the Sweet16 application. An alert box will appear reminding you of the 10-day trial period. Click the OK button and you're on your way. A large window will appear, containing the Apple IIGS video display. This screen should flash to blue, the Apple IIGS power-up screen should appear, and then, momentarily, you should see the famous sliding apple screen:

Sweet16 Screenshot

If you don't see this screen, then either you forgot to install an Apple IIGS ROM image in the Sweet16 directory, or the ROM image is corrupted. Follow the instructions in the Creating a ROM Image File section again, carefully.

This screen is telling you that your emulated Apple IIGS is working just fine; you just need to find some disk images to use with it.

You can obtain Apple IIGS system software (System 6.0.1, all six disks) at http://www.apple2.org/EmuHelp/. Unlike the disks provided on Apple's FTP site, these DiskCopy 4.2 archives are compressed using Zip instead being in Mac-specific self-extracting archive files. This site is provided by Tony Diaz, who has a license from Apple to distribute the system software online.

You can even mount all of the System 6.0.1 disk images at once by holding down the option key while you drag them onto Sweet16; this causes them to be mounted on the CleverPort instead of as IWM floppy disks. Then you don't even have to switch disks while you install the system software! (On PC systems, the option key is the right control key and the left Windows key, if you have one).

For more information on places to get Apple IIGS software, and how to transfer it to your emulated IIGS, see the section Getting and Installing Software.


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