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Re: "Eagle Software GraphExt" ?
On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Steve Nickolas wrote:
It's the same as CATALOG:
EAGLE SOFTWARE GRAPHEXT 2.8
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SLOT 6 DRIVE 1 VOLUME 254
First random image I found in my collection with Eagle GraphExt is version 2.9.
Fun trivia - the underscores form a continous line on the Apple chargen.
followed by a normal catalog and a free sector count. The type which DOS 3.3
reports as "Alternate B", and my own hacks report as "O" (for Other), is
called G here.
Yes, one of the "special" file types was used.
I noticed. And different versions show it in different places or in
different formats.
Example 2.9 status - "00 E R" in inverse. How different are the others?
2.9 and 3.0 also beep around when I hit the keys. (Which is why I tend to
prefer the 2.8 I dug off the disk image that comes with Appler.)
This 2.9 I just booted is silent, i.e. normal.
They also seem to have ONERR TRY AGAIN built into them. (Nice feature,
though I'm not exactly a fan.)
Some BASIC additon? Mine doesn't have such.
"INIT" only rewrites DOS, does not format.
I... *cough* noticed that.
I find this behavior normal. Another fast DOS I was using, which printed
track/sector/op in normal, also updated tracks 0-2 only without full
format. Given how often these tracks were destroyed, or the need to
"speed" some regular DOS diskette or populate DOS on Locksmith-formatted
one, this feature was very useful to me.
And if I have to guess, the "INIT" formatting code was a good prime
candidate for the additional space needed when enhancing the DOS.
Then there was some fast DOS which printed status like "R 01/6->A700 D1".
It also just replaces DOS without full format.
Here would prolly be the files in question:
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/emulators/misc/appler.zip
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/productivity/misc/Eagle%20Graphext%20DOS%202.9.dsk
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/masters/Basic_Pravetz.dsk
Wasn't there a DOS/OS category on Asimov? The second one might be better
there.
Which reminds me I have to start Asimov-related discussion soon. There are
few things that need attention IMHO.
Another fun Eagle GrahpExt trivia - I have at least one DOS 3.3 virus, and
it fails to migrate on this DOS. Upon boot the infected Eagle GraphExt
fails to load and dumps to Monitor, so I guess it's considerably different
than others, because the virus works on other fast DOSes.