Re: Dos 3.3 Launcher or something

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <2v9e44$e0m@insosf1.infonet.net>,
James Mahaffy <mahaffy@dordt.edu> wrote:
>Folks,
>
>	I have a IIgs, 40 meg harddrive and fully populated memory board.
>But I still use a DOS 3.3 word processor (Magic Window) and Sensible
>Speller.  I do have graphics Writer III for fancy stuff.  In looking at
>some older files, I noticed that Matt Ackert suggested DOS 3.3 Launcher
>for running DOS programs.  Does anyone know where I can get it and if it
>would work?  It would be nice to not have to wait for this old hard
>drive to boot up. 

   Dos3.3 Launcher is available from cco.caltech.edu as
pub/apple2/utils/dos3.3.shk . It usually runs under GS/OS, so I boot
first, then drop into Dos3.3 for the old games. As long as the programs
you want to use run only in the lower 48K of memory, and don't use
a custom operating system and aren't copy protected (where are the online
copies of Computist magazine now that you need them :), they can be
put on your HD.

   Apparently there is a ProDOS 8 "Dos 3.3 Launcher" program in the
package; with System 6.0.1, you can boot into ProDOS 8, then run things
that way.


Nathan Mates

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