Re: Help! No-Slot-Clock & Apple IIc+

[ehillman@erinet.com (Ed Hillman)]

On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 00:22:22 -0400, "Gus Vilomar"
<gvilomar@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>Need some more help!!!
>
>I installed the Smartwatch without a problem. The computer boots up and runs
>fine so I'm assuming that the chip was installed properly.  However, the
>Smartwatch software (SWU.SYSTEM) doesn't "see" the chip thus giving me a
>message that the Smartwatch clock is not installed.  I already verified that
>I have the correct chip so I'm assuming that I'm did something wrong when I
>"patched" the ProDOS operating system.
>
>In the Smartwatch software instructions, it states to do the following:
>
>        BLOAD PRODOS, TSYS, A$2000
>        BLOAD P8.PATCH.5E80, A$5E80
>        >using the monitor locate and change the JMP $0800 address to $5E80
>        BSAVE PRODOS, TSYS, A$2000, E$5FFF
>
>I think that the lines above loads the ProDOS operating system at A$2000
>then loads P8.PATCH.5E80 at A$5E80.  I didn't know what to do with the third
>line did so I didn't do anything.  I figured that the fourth line saves a
>new ProDOS that is a combination of the original PRODOS with the appended
>P8.PATCH.5E80.
>
>The save command worked but the computer is not recognizing the chip so I
>think my mistake is with line 3:
>
>       >using the monitor locate and change the JMP $0800 address to $5E80
>
>I guess I need to hack PRODOS and find the code that says "JMP $0800" and
>change it to say "JMP $5E80."  If this is the case, I need help in doing
>so...I don't know what program to use to hack PRODOS.  If I'm not suppose to
>hack PRODOS, then please let me know what I need to do in order to have my
>computer / operating system recognize the chip.
>
>On the flip side, if anybody has a NSC chip installed on their computer, I
>would appreciate it if you can send me your working "patched" PRODOS file.
>I'm currently using Prodos 8 v.2.0.3 but any version would be appreciated -
>the latest version would be preferred.
>
>Any help anybody?
>
>Gus
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Gus:

I am using ProDOS 2.0.3 but I am not using a "patched" version.
Instead I am using the newer version of the NSC utilities that uses a
".sys" file to patch ProDOS in memory each time it boots.  I have an
older version of ProDOS (Ver 1.8) that was patched, but when I
upgraded to Ver 2.0.3 I couldn't find  a patched version, so went the
other way. 

I could send you a packed copy of the install disk if you wish. Just
let me know.

Ed