Re: 21st century programming for the Apple II

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"David Schmenk" <dschmenk@YUCH.gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> rtk wrote:
> > What is the format for the .dsk file?  I'm trying to transfer it to a
> > real Apple II floppy and it does not boot, nor can I look at the files
> > on the disk.  I've tried both DOS 3.3 and ProDOS order.  Strange,
> > every other disk I transfer this way works just fine.  (Serial from a
> > Macintosh to the Apple II then DSK2FILE to a floppy).
> > 
> > I've very curious to see this run on a real Apple II!
> > 
> > ???
> > 
> > Ron
> 
> Ron, it is just a ZIPped DSK image (DOS order).  Try it in an emulator 
> first to make sure the image is uncorrupted.  Any one of the disk 
> transfer programs ought to work with it.  I did transfer that image to a 
> real disk to ensure it worked, as well as boot it under an emulator.
> 
> Dave... 

Hi Dave, 

I got vm02 running on Kegs32 (ActiveGS 1.9), and it's working ok, 
except, when I typed 'LIST P8.JAVA' it runs, and tells me that I can 
press any key to stop and start the listing, but none of the keys do it. 
I'll try making a real disk and see what it does on an actual Apple II. 

Bill Garber from GS-Electronics
http://www.garberstreet.com