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Re: mumath
John wrote:
It's not encrypted, it's just a non-standard DOS. And the package's
I/O routines no doubt call directly into the DOS, so it is not easily
moved to another OS.
It is not uncommon for programs that "took over" all the resources of
the Apple II to be incompatible with later operating systems. However,
muSimp and muMath are so modular that it would probably not be too hard
to rewrite the basic I/O functions to work with ProDOS--the big problem
might be memory allocation.
Thanks. Regarding the proprietary OS - another lesson.
muSIMP is a pretty large package, and to get it to fit on a 48K
Apple II, it was necessary to write a smaller, simplified DOS.
It wasn't a choice, it was a necessity.
FWIW the CP/M manual seems to correlate well with this Apple 2
version. The TRS-80 version is older, I think, and came in a 32k and
48k version only. I *think* with the Apple version you load what you
need and save the customized version. I haven't done that yet, nor
created a working disk to copy the customized system too (if it can be
done).
muSIMP/muMATH-80 is pretty much independent of the platform that
it runs on, so if the version (-80 = 1980 version) is the same,
the manual should apply.
IIRC, ADIOS-81 is a close relative of CP/M in its functions, with
an added Apple ][ flavor. When it is loaded, 40K of contiguous
space from $1000..$AFFF is available for an application.
-michael
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