Re: a2tools for ProDOS (?)

[Chris Morse <chris@cosmicwolf.com>]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:05:26 -0400, "Bill Garber"
<willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

>Sure do know of one. Called "CiderPress".
>
>http://www.faddensoft.com/ciderpress/
>
>I use it a lot and you can add files from Windows to a
>shrinkit image and convert it to dsk, I believe that is how
>it works.
>
>Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
>Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
>Email - willy46pa@comcast.net

Thanks Bill.  Actually, I already have (and *registered*) a copy of
CiderPress.  Nice program, but doesn't write directly to ProDOS disk
images.  Also, no command-line interface that I know of.  The
command-line interface is really handy in the code/test/debug cycle.
Using a GUI slows the process down.. 

I may write a hack myself, but if I do it would probably take a single
input file (binary) and build a new disk image with that one file on
it (+PRODOS, +BASIC.SYSTEM).  It wouldn't be pretty, but it would
work.  To do it *right* would take quite a bit longer; I'll look into
it, though.  I've got Beneath Apple ProDOS and the ProDOS-8 Tech Ref.

Maybe FaddenSoft or the guy who wrote Apple ][ Oasis can hack
something together pretty quickly with the routines they have.  That
would be nice!  I think I'll drop an e-mail off to Fadden now.. I'll
let you know if I get a reply.

Cheers!
// CHRIS