Re: DOS 3.3 to ProDos

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enochamr@sgci.com.spamstopper (Douglas Taylor) wrote:

>I can't find the answer to this in the FAQ, so perhaps someone out there
>knows...
>
>I copied a bunch of games from DOS 3.3 5.25" disks to my ProDos
>partition on my LC //e (with Prodos utilities), but they don't show up
>when running Prodos.  They do show up in the Macintosh Finder, but only
>as files, not Prodos system files.

That's because DOS 3.3 does not normally support hard disks.
One method is to save them as "DOS3.3 Launcher" disk images
on the ProDOS partition.  Then you can use a ProDOS program
called DOS3.3 Launcher to boot the files.

Think of DOS 3.3 Launcher as an emulator except without the
CPU since you've got a real IIe (well, the IIe card is close to
a real IIe).

>How can I effectively get these old games onto my Prodos disk?

DOS3.3 Launcher.  I can't think of the exact URL at the moment.
Maybe someone else here on csa2 can provide it?

>Also, is there somewhere on the Internet a ProDos or Macintosh version
>of a utility to "unshrink" Apple ][ archives?

Sure, it is called ShrinkIt! and it works on an Apple II.  There is
a Mac version called Shrink II, but it was commercial.  Since
you've got a IIe card, get the IIe version.