Re: Program launcher

[processoroverclocked@33mhz.cjb.net (Jon Bettencourt)]

In article <396813E8.8C38B47E@intergate.bc.ca>, Wayne Stewart
<waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:

> Jon Bettencourt wrote:
> 
> > Do you have an 80-column card, at least? If you do and you can get
> > Applesoft and ProDOS running, you can use ProDOS File Navigator as a
> > program launcher. And if you don't have ProDOS, I have an older program
> > launcher called File Manager that works with DOS 3.3. Both of these
> > programs are Applesoft, but if you need one in Integer I could try my best
> > to convert File Manager (never used Integer BASIC before).
> 
> I appreciate your offer to try translating an applesoft program over to
integer.
> However unless I wrong I likely wouldn't be able to use it. I believe to use
> applesoft programs from a ProDOS volumn you need Basic.system and
> unfortunately there's no integer basic equivalent of this so therefore
I'll only
> be able to boot Sys programs off the hard drive.

I meant re-typing in the File Manager program (which runs off DOS 3.3) in
Integer BASIC. Unless you were implying that you wanted to keep using
ProDOS?

Since you have an original II with ProDOS but no Applesoft, you're kind of
stuck. Does your 80-column card have the extra 64K of memory? If so, you
could try a program called Apple II Desktop.

Tammy and TIA,
----> Jon.

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