Re: ProDOS and Integer Basic

[dpeschel@u.washington.edu (Derek Peschel)]

In article <388a8068.24962392@news>,
Jeff Blakeney <CUTblakeney@home.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 22 Jan 2000 06:07:15 -0600, "Drew" <imasmoker@cornhusker.net>
>wrote:

>>I was wondering if a person could transfer a Dos 3.3 integer basic program
>>disk onto a 3.5" disk.  I do a little programing and would like to run it
>>off the smaller disk drive.  I have copy II+ and it wont let me format a
>>3.5" disk with dos you can only format it with ProDos.  But you can format
>>the bigger disk with dos.
>
>The only way I can see for you to use an Integer BASIC program under
>ProDOS is either to convert the program to Applesoft BASIC or to use
>Orca/Integer BASIC.

When this topic came up a while ago, someone mentioned another alternative:
Find a machine with Integer BASIC in ROM (not in bank-switched RAM).  Then
find a version of ProDOS old enough to run on that machine.  Then write
a replacement for BASIC.SYSTEM that works with Integer BASIC.

I guess it would work, but it wouldn't be my first choice of methods.

-- Derek