Re: USCD Pascal on a CFFA drive

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"Wulf" <apple2@die-kempers.de> wrote in message news:407db55
6-3551-4a77-bcc1-ee611f252a61@5g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
> Forgot to mention:
>
> If I zero the CF card to 32767 blocks ($FFFF/2) then I am
> able to use the CF for read write and can boot from the
> card with #5
>
> So here a "how to "to run Pascal 1.3 from a CFFA card.
> (Also for my future reference, I have a poor memory)
>
> 0) Put the CFFA card into Slot 5
> 1) Boot Pascal 1.3 from Disk and format the CF card
> 2) Zero the CF card to a maximum of 32767 blocks
>       ( this is equal to a hefty 16 MB)
> 3) Transfer all system files to the CF card.
> 4) Boot with PR#5 and enjoy
>
> By typing this I realize that I have to investigate
> if the CFFA firmware would make a difference.
> I will do this later.
>
> Last thing:
> This is just a work around.
> My goal is  a) to use the full CF capacity (in my case 32MB)

FYI, the full 32MB of a 32MB CF card is not available to anything.
Some of it is set aside for error correcting. Let the CFFA init the
CF card, then pop it into your card reader and make an image. Then,
you'll see how much of it actually IS available to you. My method
is using Ciderpress' volume copier function.  8^)

> b) find a solution for the 77 file limitation (maybe a couple of
> volumes as described by user Steve in a older post)

Can't halp you with this, try 'Willi Kusche' (AppleCPM).

Bill