Re: DOS Master, invisibility, and solutions

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Mar 19, 7:51 pm, "Don" <numberfiveplus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "mdj" <mdj....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 1174272771.669148.182890@p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com">news:1174272771.669148.182890@p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> <Snip>> The Apple Pascal world has an equivalent of DOS Master known as the
> > Pascal Profile Manager, which thanks to the wizardry of Willi, now
> > works with all SmartPort devices, not just the ProFile. Where the two
>
> </Snip>
>
> Can you expand on this comment?  I've been trying for years to get Profile
> Manager to work with non-ProFile devices [specifically a CMS SCSI card
> installed in an Apple ][+].  Is there any chance that similar "Wizardry"
> would enable me to get this to work?

The short answer: probably. Essentially Willi hacked the PPM so it
would recognise a SmartPort device rather than just the ProFile. It
works nicely. I tested it on a SuperDrive and both Apple SCSI cards,
and would assume it will also work OK on a CMS SCSI.

A Google Search of the group will provide more info.

I now use this in concert with a Slinky card, which combined with some
block copy trickery allows me to boot Pascal 1.2 directly from my
ProSEL menu, and reassign one of the 'ProFile' volumes as the primary
device.

Unfortunately it won't work with 1.3, but since the only real
advantage of 1.3 is accessing 3.5" disks, I don't really miss it much.

> I really prefer the way Pascal managed large volumes [as multiple smaller
> devices] rather than a single large device [as in Pascal 3 with ProDOS].
> Most of my code had may small files and you soon run out of  directory space
> because of the fixed maximum number of entries.

I hear ya :-) I had the same issues.

Matt