Re: Apple IIe and Profile hard disk setup?

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <8k88k6$rl9$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,  <cjyo@my-deja.com> wrote:
 
> I just picked up a complete Apple IIe system off the street and it
> seems to be working fine, but I don't have any software or manuals yet.
> I have ordered some DOS system discs on ebay, so hopefully I can try it
> out next week.
> 
> I plugged everything back together and I get a prompt on the screen.
> 
> My question is regarding hard disks: this system seems to have 2 hard
> disks (a Profile and a CMS), but I don't remember ever using an Apple
> II with a hard disk.
> 
> Can anyone point me to more information on accessing and setting up
> hard disks?  Can I boot from the hard disk?
 
Did you try booting from the hard disk?  Type "PR#<n>" where <n> is
the slot number of your hard disk controller (usually 5, 6 or 7).
 
> Can I access the drives with DOS 3.3 or do I need ProDOS or a special
> program/driver to access the hard drives?  Can you tell me the basic
> DOS command to access the drives?
 
Depends on if you have DOS 3.3 software drivers installed for the
harddisk.  If you do, a "CATALOG" follower by a slot and drive number
should be enough to just check that it works.  Note that since DOS 3.3
had a limited maximum size of disk volumes (400 K), hard drives were
usually "partitioned" into multiple DOS "volumes", which were
distinguished by the "volume" parameter of the DOS command line.
 
(once I modified FID so that it also took the volume number as
input, to enable it to move files back and forth from the Corvus
Constellation hard drive, which contained multiple DOS volumes)
 
> If the system runs, I am planning on using ADT and/or Oasis (or another
> emulator) to transfer files and disks back and forth between my PC and
> the Apple II.  Will I be able to access files on the Apple II hard
> disks directly on my PC,
 
No!  At least not through ADT
 
> or do I need to transfer the hard disk files to an Apple II floppy
> first (and vice versa)?
 
Yes -- ADT is hardcoded for 140K 16-sector 35-track floppies and will
be unable to handle any other disk geometries.
 
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