Re: Bad DOS 3.3 master (was Re: Need Pong for Apple 2)

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3c4b071d_4@news3.prserv.net>,
Tom Zuchowski <tzuchow@attglobal.net> wrote:
 
> The DOS 3.3 BASICS disk didn't have anything readable, did it?
 
AFAIR the BASICS disk came with Apple Pascal, not with DOS 3.3.
Naturally the BASICS disk was in Apple Pascal format.
 
> All I knew it could do was preboot your DOS 3.3 system so it
> could boot up a DOS 3.2 disk.
 
The BASICS disk predated DOS 3.3 - it loaded the BASIC (Integer or
APplesoft) which wasn't present in the ROM's into the Language
Card, then it loaded a small "boot PROM" code segment so you
could continue by booting into DOS 3.2
 
Thus the BASICS disk did in no way depend on DOS 3.3; however the
Apple Pascal system did have the same disk controller card PROM
upgrade as was later included with the DOS 3.3 upgrade.
 
 
 
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