Re: Accessing prodos from dos 3.3

[nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu (Neil Parker)]

In article <4muepm$ovc@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> sfxerzf@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us
(Stephen E. Adams) writes:
>[...munch, crunch, chomp, yum yum...]
>Both the AppleWorks and ProTerm original disks include the ProDOS 
>operating system files on them, so by making backups of these originals, 
>you should be able to boot once again in ProDOS.  Oh, I forgot - you'll 
>need to use the System Utilities disk that came with your Apple in order 
>to make the backups.  DOS 3.3 won't even recognize a ProDOS disk, so it 
>won't be able to make ProDOS disk copies.

On the contrary, the COPYA program on the DOS 3.3 System Master disk can
copy ProDOS disks just fine.  It doesn't even look at the disk layout--it
just does a sector-by-sector copy of the entire disk.

Of course, if you want to work with individual files on a ProDOS disk,
you'll need a ProDOS-based copy program.  (Or else a good sector editor, an
intimate knowledge of the layout of a ProDOS disk, and a *lot* of
patience.)

               - Neil Parker
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