Re: Apple II newbie HELP!!!

["Mike Westerfield" <MikeW50@aol.com>]

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In article <36D88A50.9165EBC7@internetcds.com>, Douglas Carroll
<dcarroll@internetcds.com> wrote:


>1)    The internal drive is a 3.5 and my external is a 5 1/4"..how do I
>make a "bootable" i.e. Prodos version of an internal 3.5..whenever I try
>and use my 5 1/4" copy of Copy II+ to trandfer the dos from a 5 1/4"
>disk to my 3.5 I get a "disk II only" error.  What the hell does that
>mean?

You need to copy the file ProDOS to the disk to make it bootable. You'll
also want to copy at least one system program. BASIC.SYSTEM is one example.

You can also get bootable 3.5 and 5.25" floppies from us that you can make
copies of. See http://www.hypermall.com/byteworks for details. The ProDOS
system disk is APDA-02.

>2)    Is it possible to copy games from a 5 1/4" disk to a 3.5 in order
>to fit a bigger program onto 1 3.5 disk?  I have an original copy of
>"The Ancient art of War" for the Apple II and I want to put it on a 3.5"
>diskette.

It depends on the game. If it's copy protected, no--unless you break the
protection. If it is not copy protected and is based on ProDOS, then
yes--copy it like any other file.

>3)    Where can I get a list of the apple II Prodos commands?

"Beneath Apple ProDOS", QB-01, at the same web site. Also check out the
various FAQs; they may have enough detail for you.

Mike Westerfield