Re: Formatting a 3.5" disk on a //c+

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randrews <randrews@pdq.net> wrote:

>I have an Apple //e and an Apple //c+. I have gotten a copy of DOS 3.3
>to boot both of these, but the copy is on a 5.25" disk. The //c+ has a
>3.5" disk drive, I and I want to somehow format a 3.5" disk to boot it
>from. I read in the new FAQ (posted here) that I need a double density
>3.5" floppy, but I am simulating this by covering up the hole in the
>left corner.
>To format the disk I'm saying INIT HELLO,S5,D1 after booting from the
>DOS floppy. All I get is I/O ERROR. Why? How is this done?

DOS 3.3 is pre-3.5 floppy and pre-hard drive.  It does not
support either.  Apple dropped support of DOS 3.3 in '84
when the IIc came out.

Since then, the official 8-bit Apple OS is ProDOS 8.  Get
a copy from http://www.byteworks.org/ ByteWorks or
http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech Electronics.

ProDOS 8 supports subdirectories (folders), a necessity
for 3.5 disks and hard drives.