Re: //c Questions.

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

There is also Nathan Mates' FAQ at http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/
In spite of his flaming rants, his site and FAQ is very useful. You
won't get burned for using it, pun intended.

Rubywand wrote:
> 
> Classic Collector writes ...
> >
> > Hi. I just bought an Apple //c at a garage sale. I can play the Start up
> > games, but not the Home made games.
> 
>      It depends upon the DOS used for saving the games on diskette.
> Usually, either DOS 3.3 or ProDOS will 'fit' home made games. You can
> tell which one works by booting a DOS 3.3 or ProDOS utilities disk and
> seeing if a CATALOG command lists the files on the game diskette.
> 
>      In case you were wondering, not all DOS 3.3 and ProDOS diskettes
> have a bootable DOS on the diskette. Some do and some do not. One way to
> find out is to try booting the disk.
> 
> > How do you load those?
> 
>      A good way is to boot a diskette with the desired DOS. If you want
> to type in commands (like CATALOG or LOAD HOMEGAME or RUN HOMEGAME), you
> will usually need to be at the standard Applesoft prompt. The standard
> DOS 3.3 "System Master" disk loads DOS 3.3 and also allows loading
> Integer BASIC. (Some very old games need to run under Int BASIC.)
> 
> 
> > How do you go
> > directly to ProDOS?
> 
>      Lots of times you can wait for whatever program to load when the
> ProDOS disk is booted and, then, press Control-RESET to get to the
> Applesoft prompt. Some bootable ProDOS disks have an "Exit", etc. choice
> which will let you get to the prompt.
> 
> > One more thing, I know you can download games from the
> > internet for emulators, but is the a way to get those on my Apple //c?
> 
>      Yes. You can download lots of games from 'emulator' archive sites
> like Asimov and Uni-kl.de . You can also download many games in
> non-emulator format at sites like Ground and A2-Caltech. All of these
> sites and more are listed in the FAQs.
> 
> > If
> > so, do I use a special program?
> 
>      Yes. For details, you can go to Ground and download or view Apple
> II Csa2 FAQs at ...
> 
> ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/Faqs .
> 
> Start with the Main Hall file (named F004A2MHall.txt). It lists many
> Q&A's relating to DOS, ProDOS, and downloading/uploading. It also lists
> several other Apple II sites you can check out for software and
> information.
> 
>      I'll go ahead and email the FAQs file dealing with DOS and ProDOS.
> 
> 
> Rubywand
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