Re: Bootstrapping and Apple IIe from a UNIX host

[shutterhead <shutterhead@gmail.com>]

On May 14, 3:11 pm, shutterhead <shutterh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 14, 1:19 pm, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> > On May 14, 11:14 am, shutterhead <shutterh...@gmail.com> wrote:> It seems to me that I should be able to create a bootable floppy by
> > > sending the disk image from myUNIXmachine over a serial link,
> > > and have the Apple write the image out to the floppy drive.
>
> > > Is this possible?
>
> > > Even better, has someone already done it, because I don't currently
> > > remember enough of any of this to write the program, even though it
> > > shouldn't be that hard.
>
> > Sure, have a look here:http://adtpro.sourceforge.net
> > Specifically, the serial bootstrapping operations are here:http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/bootstrap.html
>
> This appears to be Windows only software.  I know it is in Java, but
> it fails to execute on theUNIXsystems I've tried,

Bad form I know, but I figured out how to run it.

It looks interesting and I'll keep it, but it doesn't solve my
problem.

I need to boot an Apple II from a UNIX host that doesn't have
graphics.

It seems to me that I just need a way to send ROM monitor commands and
the Apple software over a
serial link to make this happen.

Any pointers or ideas welcome.