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Re: Apple II tape images

Rubywand wrote:

Joe Walker writes ...


Is there anywhere I can get Apple II tape images-- say, files in .wav
format that I can play from my sound card into the tape input of my IIe?
I have no other way of getting files onto it.  My main concern is with
getting an image of DOS to put on floppy disks, as for some reason (maybe
because I'm using the Beagle Brother's extended DOS) I can't use INIT.  If
it's not possible to get an image of DOS on tape (as I understand the
Apple can only load BASIC files), what about a program that does the same
thing?



 ....

     Since you have a bootable Beagle disk, have you checked through your
collection for a disk that boots DOS 3.3? For some, you can do a Reset after
getting to an intro screen and use the DOS to INIT diskettes. Some copiers,
like Copy II Plus, can put DOS 3.3 on diskette, too.

     Getting DOS 3.3 into your Apple II via the tape input using output of a
..wav file sounds like a fairly messy proposition.

     First, you would need a for-sure good .wav file copy of the output of an
Apple II doing a tape save of DOS. Then, you would need to fiddle with output
level from your PC when reading in the code to the Apple II. Then, you would
need to enter the hooks for DOS into memory. (The info is available; but,
it's one more chore in the process.)


Actually, getting a clean recording should be trivial.

And there's an entry point in the loaded image for setting the hooks.

I think it's a rather elegant way to get going.

-michael

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