Re: Pascal and DOS 3.3

[mmphosis <mmphosis@macgui.com>]

> Is there anyone out there who was using an Apple II back when the Pascal
> System was first released?

Yes.

> The reason I ask, is it appears that Apple
> Pascal came out in 1979, and DOS 3.3, using the new disk controller ROMs
> and 16-sector disks, did not become available until a year later, in 1980.
> How did people who bought Apple Pascal manage?

There were 3 or 4 disks, I think I booted the Pascal0 disk, and then swapped
in the Pascal3 disk.

http://www.kdbarto.org/ucsd_pascal.html

> Was this when the BASICS
> pre-boot disk came out, along with Apple Pascal (to give people disk
> access
> to the "BASICS", Applesoft and Integer?)

Might have had to use the BASICS disk to pre-boot the Pascal0 disk, I don't
quite remember.

USCD Pascal seems to have had it's own file system.

http://ucsd-psystem-fs.sourceforge.net/