Re: Just bought an Apple IIc. Prodos questions.

[Carl Gundel <basicforge@gmail.com>]

Hi,

The 3.5 drive does work with a Prodos based copy of Apple Works that
came with the machine, so that's good news.

As for Merlin, my copy is for DOS 3.3.  I suppose I can just buy an
external 5.25 drive if I want the convenience of more storage, but it
would be great if I could convert over to Prodos.  Ah well.

I did find an old box of Apple II diskettes and I discovered that I
have the toolkit disk with Apple's EDASM assembler.  Is this a good
option?

You did mention that there are hacks for giving DOS access to the 3.5
drive.  Where can I learn more about that?

Thanks,

-Carl Gundel
http://www.runbasic.com
Easy web programming in BASIC

On Mar 24, 11:37 pm, mspangler <mspang...@gemsi.com> wrote:
> You can use the Prodos version of the assembler on your IIc and with
> the 3.5" drive.
>
> You probably should check the IIc to make sure it has a 3.5"
> compatible ROM. Poke around here or on google to find the ID bytes.
> There are at least three versions of the IIc, and the oldest did not
> support 3.5" drives, but it did support an external 5.25 drive. In
> fact, type in PR#7 and see what happens.
>
> Most binary software for DOS 3.3 will not work on Prodos, most
> Applesoft programs will work with very minor tweaking.
>
> There are ways to use DOS 3.3 on a 3.5" drive, but it takes hacking.
>
> On Mar 24, 6:48 pm, Carl Gundel <basicfo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hey all.  I just bought a used Apple IIc in good working order with an
> > internal 5.25 drive and an external 3.5 drive.  Am I right in thinking
> > that I need Prodos to use the external disk drive?
>
> > I am an old time Apple II+ programmer, but I haven't touched an Apple
> > II since about 1985.  I know nothing about Prodos.  Can I use software
> > on Prodos that was written for Apple DOS 3.3?  I want to play with
> > 6502 assembler so I purchased a copy of the Merlin assembler which
> > comes with DOS 3.3 on the disk, but no utilities.  I also ordered a
> > set of Apple IIc original disks but don't have them yet.  Hopefully
> > those will all come in readable condition.
>
> > Will I be able to use the Merlin assembler with Prodos?
>
> > Also, are there any decent Prodos tutorials online?
>
> > Thanks a ton!
> > -Carl Gundel, author of Liberty BASIChttp://www.libertybasic.com- Hide quoted text -
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