Re: Availability of dos 3.3 system disk

[Rubywand <rubywand@my-deja.com>]

Ralf Quint <ralf_quint@hotmail.com> writes ...
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>
> I got my self a couple of Apple II's and try to fix them up again. Is
> there somewhere a reference to these patches to "make" such
> speed-improved DOS 3.3 versions myself (all disks that i have seem to
> be "original" DOS 3.3)?
>

     If you have the 'old' DOS 3.3, you can use Beagle's Prontodos
Update disk to change the DOS to Prontodos. You can find the Prontodos
disk plus some info about using it on TikTok at ...

http://abandonwarering.com/tiktok/ (click on "System").


     The Prontodos Update disk boots Prontodos and it can INIT new
Prontodos disks just like regular DOS 3.3 can. (In fact, Prontodos is
mainly DOS 3.3; not all that much is changed.)

     So, instead of updating existing disks, you can create new
Prontodos disks and copy the files from the regular DOS 3.3 disks. This
way, it does not matter what version of DOS 3.3 is on a source disk.

     For example, after booting the Prontodos Update disk, you could
exit Beagle's program, swap in a blank disk and enter

INIT HELLO


Note: By the way, if you CATALOG a disk before INITing it and you get
garbage or no CATALOG at all, be sure to stick in a good DOS 3.3 disk
and CATALOG it. When DOS 3.3 (and Prontodos) do an INIT, part of the
information used for the new disk comes from memory where CATALOG info
is placed. If you CATALOG a disk which does not give you a decent
looking CATALOG display just before doing an INIT, messed up info will
be placed on the INITed disk and it probably will not work correctly.


     After INITing the disks, you can delete the HELLO program which
will be placed on each. (It will be whatever BASIC program is currently
in memory.)

     You can use Copy II Plus or some other file copy utility to copy
files from the old DOS 3.3 disks to the newly INITed Prontodos disks.



Rubywand


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