Re: Yet Another ProDOS Patch To Attempt...

[wbdesnoy@acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca (Byron Desnoyers Winmill)]

Jon Bettencourt (jonINTERNETrelayCHAT@napaVALLEYnet.CLARInet) wrote:
: Has anyone succeeded at patching ProDOS so it can use non-ProDOS file
: names? You know, the file names that begin with periods or numbers,
: contain lowercase letters, spaces, and/or punctuation? GeOS can do it,
: Apple II Disk Manager can do it, but ProDOS can't. I can't access a file

Try looking at 2qwk! since it comes with a ProDOS patch (actually, a series
of patches, because it patches several programs as well) for non-ProDOS
file names.  I don't know if it does everything that you want, or if it will
work for pre-existing files, but it is worth a try.  I forget the exacty
pathname, but try:

ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple8/Comm/a2qwk/

Good luck,
Byron.