Re: New PCT Transfer Program

[dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <02yT0B1w165w@lablues.UUCP> larry@lablues.UUCP (Lawrance A. Schneider) writes:
> I quote:
> 
> |I once used it to convert about two hundred files (long before I had a
> |SuperDrive and System 6.0.1).  Never again!
> |
> |If Applied Engineering released technical documentation on the PCT, I
> |would write a better version of TRANSFER.
> |
> |If I get annoyed enough, I'll just disassemble the existing one and
> |find out how to pass files between the PC and Apple.
> |-- 
> |David Empson                                                           
>     
> 
> David, Please get annoyed enough.  I'm not smart enough to do so yet!!

I've made some significant progress - through disassembly of parts of
AEPC.SYSTEM and TRANSFER, I've learned how to communicate between the
two, and I have enough information to write my own version of TRANSFER.

There are some major limitations in the AEPC.SYSTEM code - it
provides access to a limited subset of the ProDOS calls, and not all
parameters are available (e.g. there is no way to create a directory
or set auxiliary types in created files).

I will be happy to accept suggestions, comments, etc. about what you
would like the program to look like, what capabilities it should
have, etc.

NOTE: the program has to run on the PC Transporter (i.e. an MS-DOS COM
or EXE file).
-- 
David Empson                                                               
dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz                                                
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