Re: ProDOS ?

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Paul Schlyter wrote:

> In article <IVFl6.43248$o85.238381@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> Simon Biber <simon@basilisk2.cjb.net> wrote:
>
> > No, unfortunately the basic Apple II system is not able to read or
> > write disks without loading a DOS.
>
> If so, how can it load DOS from the disk?    <evil grin>
>
> THe firmware on the disk controller card actually has some (very
> limited) capability to read a disk: it can move the disk head to
> the outermost track, and then it can read sector 0 on that track
> and execute the code there.

You replied too soon Paul, he said all that further in his post.

Roy