Re: apple iii boot disk problem

[Chris Smolinski <cps@blackcatsystems.com>]

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In article <3152546e.0106041601.35ac4c91@posting.google.com>, thomas
<thomas@pathlink.com> wrote:

> hi, I've been trying to get my apple III booting off of the system
> utilities disk but it boots and after the apple intro logo (sos 1.1
> copyright etc.) it asks me to insert a disk with pascal on it? b.t.w
> the screen has then since changed to 80 columns.
> 
> I've tried putting in the system utilities data or booting off of the
> demo/][_emulator disks but it refuses to boot from those.
> 
> the contents of the utilties disk (read from my IIgs) is:
> sos.driver (locked) 14k
> sos.interp (locked) 14k
> sos.kernel (locked) 22k
> system.miscinfo 1k
> system.pascal (locked) 23k
> system.startup (locked) 62k
> 
> I downloaded the image disk from asimov ftp site (I think that was
> it).
> 
> anyhow - please help - also (not sure if this is important) but I
> can't seem to be able to read the contents of the other disks (util
> data/demo/][_emulation) on the IIgs - it keeps complaining that it is
> a diff format and if I want to initialize it.
> 
> additional info - I've taken the disk (which I created from dsk format
> on the IIgs) and saved a dsk image from it - then used it on the apple
> III emulator (sara for mac 68k) and it likes it just fine - i.e. it
> brings me up to the apple menu. If I can just get past this - then
> maybe I can start working on getting the profile drive working with
> it.

Just a wild guess - your III's floppy drive is flakey. SOS boots, then
can't load the system.pascal file? Just a guess. 

Hey! Glad to hear someone has used Sara! (I'm the author) I may even
get a chance to work on it again, I don't think I've touched it for
years... Still some emulation bugs, I think.

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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
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