Re: ProDOS for 48k Apple ][+

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

Frank M. <frank_o_rama@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone! I just received an old apple 2+ last night and i'm trying
> to run my CFFA card on it and i'm getting an error. as far as i can
> tell, it's because it's only a 48k machine (there's no card in slot 0)
> and the earliest version of prodos i have is 1.1.1.
> 
> does anyone have a copy of ProDOS that will run on a 48k machine. rich
> of CFFA fame seems to think that version 1.0.1 was the last version
> that is 48k compatible (which i don't have).

That's correct. ProDOS 1.0 and 1.0.1 ran in 48K, but 1.1 and later
require 64K.

> If anyone can send me a disk image/shrinkit file with this P8 version
> and the respective BASIC.SYSTEM version, that would be swell. thanks in
> advance for any help!!

BASIC.SYSTEM doesn't work on an 48K ][+. It isn't relocatable and would
have to go in the same area as the ProDOS kernel.

With 48K, you are seriously limited in the applications you can run:
only those SYS files which can cope with the ProDOS kernel being in main
memory (by not overwriting it).

Getting hold of a language card would be a better plan of attack.
-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz