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That doesn't make any sense - the software is useless without the LLF ROM chip for the Z8 processor you have to drop into the controller.

What is the name of the image, and where did you get it from so that I can download it too?

Errors wouldn't make sense when writing a floppy, then - unless there were physical defects on the disk.  You're using DD/Double Density vs. HD/High Density disks, correct?

The physical floppy that you're copying the image to - is it formatted?

I know, right?!?  I also have the Mockingboard, and I just love the tubes on it.  Love the white circuit boards, too.

This is a good page for that as well: http://www.vintagemacworld.com/drives.html

Double density.  It doesn't matter if it's labeled single or double sided, hard or soft sectored.  The key word is double density.  If your disks don't have hub rings - they're very likely high density.  If the media is also shiny, deep black - they're very likely high density.

That would be a great first step in finding out what's wrong.

Are you using high density disks, by chance?

I don't think anyone has come up with a decoder ring like they did with the early Macintoshes.

Oh neat, I had some classes in college with a guy that worked for Digi in Minneapolis. Nope.  You want a Super Serial Card.

No, it's this one: http://apple3.org/Software/system/Apple3Apple%5D%5Bemulation.dsk

This is a blast from the past... but since you brought it up, it's likely the OP had a disk with a driver configured that was looking/waiting for a card that wasn't actually there.

A couple of notes here - the IIgs is a poor host for a CP/M card, as it will have to be dialed back to 1MHz in order to work properly. And the IIe (and IIgs) only have 7+1 slots: 7 card slots numbered 1-7, plus the aux mem slot.  There was no phyiscal slot 0 after the II/II+.

Personally, I use ADTPro.  But if you want to write physical disks with a Mac instead, I prefer DiskDup - it does a much better job with a wider range of floppy drive hardware that Apple II drives are ultimately better able to read than those produced by DiskCopy of any stripe. Now, getting an...

It will matter exactly what image you are trying to reconstitute.  Almost none of the images on Asimov are in DC4.2 format, and there are precious few that are 800k 3.5" disk images either.  When they are, they're usually plain ProDOS-order (.po) images or .2mg images, and I don't know how well...

I have that same chip puller.  But when it comes down to it... I just use a screwdriver as Elfen suggests.  The problem with the chip puller is you can accidentally yank out one side without the other, leaving you with bent pins.  With a lot of pressure, you can squeeze it hard and rock back and...

Sounds like there are some things to work out on that machine.  It may have a language card, but it might not be connected properly (some have a jumper ribon cable that reaches down to the RAM area on the motherboard).  Does yours?  Is it seated properly?  A picture would be a good idea here...

Read up on Andy Hertzfeld's work on early MacOS on http://www.folklore.org. I'm not a fan of creator codes as a means of associating a file with an application, and resource vs. data forks was an insane solution to a real problem.  but that's a computer science discussion for another day.  One...

Well, this is Macintosh after all... I'm sure there were cloning (even resizing) apps back in the day.  But with drives of differing sizes, it's really just as simple as dragging the contents of one disk and dropping it on another.  The System folder will get "blessed" (become bootable, in Mac...