Re: Apple IIe and Profile hard disk setup?

[cjyo@my-deja.com]

Thanks for the information.  Now, all I'll have to do is get ahold of
some ProDOS discs...


In article <processoroverclocked-0807001800350001@dialup-napanet-206-81-
102-22.napanet.net>,
  processoroverclocked@33mhz.cjb.net (Jon Bettencourt) wrote:
> In article <8k88k6$rl9$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, cjyo@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > Can anyone point me to more information on accessing and setting up
> > hard disks?  Can I boot from the hard disk?  Can I access the drives
> > with DOS 3.3 or do I need ProDOS or a special program/driver to
access
> > the hard drives?  Can you tell me the basic DOS command to access
the
> > drives?
>
> DOS 3.3 can only access disks up to 400K (and that's with a whole
lotta
> modification). You need ProDOS to access the hard disk. If the card
for
> the hard disk is in slot 7, it should be able to boot up off it.
>
> > If the system runs, I am planning on using ADT and/or Oasis (or
another
> > emulator) to transfer files and disks back and forth between my PC
and
> > the Apple II.  Will I be able to access files on the Apple II hard
> > disks directly on my PC, or do I need to transfer the hard disk
files
> > to an Apple II floppy first (and vice versa)?
>
> You can't use disks to transfer information. You can set up ADT or the
> Disk Server in Apple Oasis and transfer files that way. The Apple II
> accesses the Disk Server. You can leave the PC alone.
>
> Tammy and TIA,
> ----> Jon.
>
> = jonrelay@napanet.net === ICQ# 76731065 === kellys.home.dyndns.org =
>


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