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This brings me back some great memories - in my view, the Apple IIGS was by far Apple's most gifted personal computer ever - the best sound capabilities of all machines in that era, excelent graphics, incredible compatibility and some wonderful developers like FTA to show its capabilities in the good ol' 80s..!
Even better now with modern emulation facilities such as Bernie II The Rescue of Sweet16...ah, those days playing Task Force, DragonWars et al...good times
Specifically, you download an XML file from the "Best of FTA" app (in PhoneView, go to Data -> Apps, then into "Best of FTA.app", and download list.activegsxml.
In that file you can see the file structure, and that it accepts both .2mg and .dsk.zip files. There are even two apps that are already supplied, but are commented out! (Pom's Animations and Noise Tracker.)This brings me back some great memories - in my view, the Apple IIGS was by far Apple's most gifted personal computer ever - the best sound capabilities of all machines in that era, excelent graphics, incredible compatibility and some wonderful developers like FTA to show its capabilities in the good ol' 80s..!
Even better now with modern emulation facilities such as Bernie II The Rescue of Sweet16...ah, those days playing Task Force, DragonWars et al...good times
Specifically, you download an XML file from the "Best of FTA" app (in PhoneView, go to Data -> Apps, then into "Best of FTA.app", and download list.activegsxml.
In that file you can see the file structure, and that it accepts both .2mg and .dsk.zip files. There are even two apps that are already supplied, but are commented out! (Pom's Animations and Noise Tracker.)
Just create a new section, add the details for your desired app, and save the XML file (I would suggest making a backup first.)
Then drag your edited XML file, along with the .dsk.zip and/or .2mg files, and (if you want thumbnails) .png files back into the Best of FTA.app directory on your iPad, and there you are! I have the "Your Tour of the Apple IIGS" disk running right now.
Just create a new section, add the details for your desired app, and save the XML file (I would suggest making a backup first.)
Then drag your edited XML file, along with the .dsk.zip and/or .2mg files, and (if you want thumbnails) .png files back into the Best of FTA.app directory on your iPad, and there you are! I have the "Your Tour of the Apple IIGS" disk running right now.This brings me back some great memories - in my view, the Apple IIGS was by far Apple's most gifted personal computer ever - the best sound capabilities of all machines in that era, excelent graphics, incredible compatibility and some wonderful developers like FTA to show its capabilities in the good ol' 80s..!
Even better now with modern emulation facilities such as Bernie II The Rescue of Sweet16...ah, those days playing Task Force, DragonWars et al...good times
Specifically, you download an XML file from the "Best of FTA" app (in PhoneView, go to Data -> Apps, then into "Best of FTA.app", and download list.activegsxml.
In that file you can see the file structure, and that it accepts both .2mg and .dsk.zip files. There are even two apps that are already supplied, but are commented out! (Pom's Animations and Noise Tracker.)
Just create a new section, add the details for your desired app, and save the XML file (I would suggest making a backup first.)
Then drag your edited XML file, along with the .dsk.zip and/or .2mg files, and (if you want thumbnails) .png files back into the Best of FTA.app directory on your iPad, and there you are! I have the "Your Tour of the Apple IIGS" disk running right now.
