More info so far Re: Weird idea re Print Shop

[Steve Nickolas <lyricalnanoha@usotsuki.hoshinet.org>]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2011, Steve Nickolas wrote:

> Replying to myself with more ideas.
>
> On Sun, 24 Jul 2011, Steve Nickolas wrote:
>
> > Apparently there's a bit of code that seems to insist on set locations on 
> > disk
>
> Whatever code does the diskcheck, I haven't found it... but if I do, it's 
> probably not that hard to remove or modify to work differently.  (It might be 
> in MENULIB or SYSLIB, so I'll try disassembling those.)

First check is located at $7016 which is in MENULIB.  This code is called 
a lot, probably when attempting a "return to menu".  (I assume this 
function is "always check for PS disk")

There is another check when looking for graphics; I haven't found this 
code yet. (I assume this one is "check for PS disk, but allow backing 
out", although it doesn't allow backing out.)  Also, rather than dyking 
out the checks, I should probably come up with a better one... and I do 
need to see if it calls weird entry points into DOS so I can normalize 
them.

Goal 1 is to run Print Shop from files - this may be on the verge of 
completion.

Goal 2 is, if possible, to convert it to ProDOS-8, where it should run 
comfortably albeit requiring a separate boot floppy, at least in theory.

Why?  Because it's not supposed to be doable - the whole reason we do 
anything in Apple-land XD

-uso.