Re: a2tools for ProDOS (?)

[Rob Greene <greeneratcharterdotnet>]

Chris Morse <chris@cosmicwolf.com> wrote in 
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> 
> 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
> 

If you are a Java person, you could add it to AppleCommander!  I've 
always intended to have a command-line version, but haven't had the time 
to implement it.
-Rob