Re: Bootable ProDOS CD-ROM...

[m.kelsey@spam.eecs.wsu.edu]

In article <lzaf55pyb7.fsf@blackdown.com>,
	Karl Asha <karl@blackdown.com> writes:
> m.kelsey@spam.eecs.wsu.edu writes:
>> Yes, in fact I made a ProDOS 8 CD-ROM just today for the first time.
>> I don't know if any other SCSI controller other than a RAMFast can
>> read it due to the partitioning on the CD-ROM, but I now have all of
>> my Apple II ProDOS 8 (critical) utilites written onto a custom CD-ROM
>> and a simple NEC Intersect 2X read it.
> 
> 
> What platform/software do you use to burn prodos cdroms?
> 
> Karl

I used Windows '95 since it has APSI driver emulation in an MS-DOS
prompt and a *freeware* utility called DISK2CD from 

http://www.goldenhawk.com

It consisted of only these few steps:

	1.  Get all software onto youir Apple II hard drive that you
		want written to CD.
	2.  Disconnect the hard drive.
	3.  Reconnect the hard drive to a Windows '95 or DOS machine
		with appropriate ASPI drivers.
	4.  Run DISK2CD.
	5.  Test the CD out on your Apple II =)

This makes me very pleased that it worked.  Now I can use Copy II+
6.5 to make disk images in an uncompressed form, store them with
their file attributes, and have a bootable CD-ROM from which I can
access the utilities and disk images!  (WooHoo!)  Bye bye to all 
those 300 5.25" disks! ;)
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