Re: Bought a IIe Microdrive card --- How teh hell do you use it ??

[Ed Eastman <noone@nowhere.net>]

Bill Heckel wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Are you saying the only way to add software to the drive is a program like 
> CopyII+.

No, he is saying that the drive came with some preloaded stuff.  IF you 
want to put stuffon teh drive, you will need to use whatever means you 
used to use to put stuff on other drives.  If you used BASIC, then you 
need to bot it up into BASIC.

So, to boot into BASIC, make suer that BASIC.SYSTM is the first file on 
the drive that ends in .SYSTEM.  You can use a utility such as COPYII+ 
to do that.  Baring that, see if you can't find an exit ot the menu 
program that will put you in BASIC or find a menu option that RUNS BASIC.

> > Bill Heckel wrote:
> > > Can anyone help me, is there another manual that I am missing ???

ProDOS users guide, would have come with the original computer.

Commands to know: PREFIX.  Sets the current path for ProDOS.
Examples:
PREFIX \VOLUMENAME\DIRECTORY
PREFIX ,S7,D1

But to actually create a directoy, you will need to use a utility such 
as the ProDOS Filer program or Copy II+ is very popular.

Commands to know: -.  The Dash command will run a given file. Runs a 
BASIC fiel, Bruns a Binary FIle, Executes a text file and runs a system 
file.
Examples:
- BASICPROG.BAS
- PROGRAM.SYSTEM
- BINFILE.BIN


Thankx,
Ed