Re: HELP ME QUICK!

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur)]

"Stephen Wise" <steve.wise@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>	Got me an Apple ][e, got me the Apple //c disks (you know the ones that
>come with it). So here's the question-what are the commands for
>initializing a disk, copying files, getting to ProDos, and deleting files
>in this version of AppleSoft. See, the version that's in the ROM of my ][e
>is relatively easy-I found a book. But the commands: INIT (for
>initializing), and FP (for getting to DOS) don't work. I NEED to make
>copies of these disks or some of them because they belong to my teacher and
>he needs them back.

The AppleSoft BASIC is the same; it's the DOS that's different (ProDOS
and DOS 3.3 both work on //e's and //c's).  In ProDOS, there's no INIT
command.  You'll hafta use the System Utilities disk that comes with
the //c.  Copying and deleting files is most easily done with System
Utilities, also.  The DELETE, LOAD, SAVE, BLOAD, and BSAVE commands
are the same in DOS 3.3 and ProDOS*, if that's what ya wanted to know.

CREATE dirname
makes a subdirectory

CREATE filename,Ttyp
creates an empty file of the type "typ" (typ can be a dec/hex number
from 0-255 or $0-$FF)

I don't know what you want for an FP substitute...AFAIK, you can't get
to Integer BASIC from ProDOS...you can hit <Ctrl-C><Return> to get to
BASIC from the Monitor (that place where ya type in hex/machine
language/mini-assembly).


*You have additional optional parameters in ProDOS:

LOAD filename,@370
is equivilant to "LOAD filename" and then "RUN 370" in DOS 3.3

BSAVE filename,A$2000,E$3FFB
is just like BSAVE filename,A$2000,L$1FFB--the E means 'end'.  Use
this so ya don't hafta do the hex subtraction.

BLOAD filename,A$2000,B37
loads FILENAME starting from byte #37


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