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Re: Can I use my Apple II to get an Apple III booted?

Subject: Re: Can I use my Apple II to get an Apple III booted?
From: lyricalnanoha@dosius.ath.cx (Steve Nickolas)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:22:36 +0000 (UTC)
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A2Aviator wrote:
> Yes, ProDOS shares the same file system with SOS.  But the boot block
> for the /// is typically on Block $01, and the ][  is on Block $00.

An analysis of the actual boot code shows that it is in fact the same boot
block, and based on the system it either does a ProDOS load, or chainloads
in the SOS bootloader from block 1 (based on whether it enters the code at
the beginning, as on a ///, or 1 byte in, as on a ][).

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