Re: [Vaporware alert!] Portable Apple II Clone Concept

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

Simon D. Williams wrote:

> And as far as de-protected disks go, DOS Master is already perfectly
> adequate to the task.

Not really - DOS Master only handles titles that are DOS 3.3
compatible. The vast majority of larger games, even once deprotected to
have a standard disk layout, don't fit this model.

Such titles are COPYAble, but not runnable under a DOS 3.3 environment,
at least not without further modifications. Most 'hacks' merely remove
the trickery from the games 'RWTS' implementation. The location of this
in memory, and even its specific functionality is different from title
to title.

Of course, for smaller/older games that run acceptably on 48k machines
you're mostly right, as there is room for a DOS replacement in the
language card which such software does not even know exists.

Matt