Re: who still uses DOS 3.3 (was Apple DES program)

[shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <1994Apr5.182324.1521@enterprise.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com>,
Curt Schroeder <cschroed@hercii.lasc.lockheed.com> wrote:

>One reason might be that a II (that's right, no +/e/c/gs extension) with an
>Applesoft firmware card can not run Prodos.  Does anyone know if a II with an
>Apple Language Card (16K memory with the autoboot ROM) can run Prodos?  Don't 
>flame this...I gave someone a II with an Applesoft firmware card last year, 
>because they couldn't afford much and this may have given them a running start 
>(just add a used monitor, drive controller, and 5.25" floppy drive).  It would 
>be nice to find out if given the right hardware it too can run Prodos?

If you can dig up a copy of ProDOS 1.0 you can run it on a 48K machine. I have 
a ][ that I'm trying to patch up and when I get it running I'm gonna try that.
The only thing is BASIC requires 64K to run but that's moot in an integer-only
machine.

>I also have two personal reasons for not saying farewell to DOS 3.3: I still have
>serious applications that run under DOS 3.3 that I still use, and while I have
>had my trusty II+ for 11 years now, I still have not dug in at the assembly level
>and played with DOS 3.3 (I have hacked at various parts of my machine, but the OS
>has not been one of them, yet ;-)
>
>FYI, I actively use CP/M (and soon augmented with NZ-COM), 
>Prodos 8 v2.1 (with ECP8 5.1), and DOS 3.3, in that order.  I am looking into 
>getting the HyperC Opix shell fully operational (problem with the escape key 
>being trapped out somewhere)...

Cool, another ECP8 user! I think it will run in 48K provided you never leave
it. When you run another SYS program, it modifies the quit code in the language
card which might do some weirdness if it's not there.

Wait a minute isn't ProDOS 8 2.0.3 current?

>Long live the Apple II, whatever OS it is running!!

Right on

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