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Re: ][ plus crashing problem



Jonathan Adams <az268@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:

> My Apple ][ plus clone crashes while trying to start certain ProDOS
> programs. It will get to the ProDOS boot screen, and then it will lock up.
> These are programs that I know are supposed to work with the ][ plus.
> Any ideas on what the problem might be?

One possibility is that the particular disks you are trying to boot from
are using ProDOS-8 2.0.1 or later.  ProDOS-8 2.x requires a 65C02
processor (or better), so it won't work on a standard II+ (or a II+
clone), as the II+ has a 6502 processor.

Possible solutions include:

- Boot from a different disk, and use a program selector to run the
application after swapping disks back.

- Set up another disk with a copy of the program, using ProDOS-8 1.9 or
earlier instead of 2.0.x.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz