Re: CFFA V2.0

[Sean Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com>]

Linards Ticmanis wrote:
> Vince Briel wrote:
>
> > I recently got my CFFA to work with my original Apple II. To do that I 
> > had to swap out the integer basic ROMs for applesoft so that I could 
> > boot prodos. I have a ROM card somewhere but it also has integer 
> > basic. Can't I just swap out the integer basic in the ROM card so I 
> > can boot prodos 1.0?
>
>
> Unfortunately, no. ProDOS needs a language card to work on a II/II+, and 
> the language card and ROM card can't be used simultaneously because they 
> interfere with each other. You need Applesoft on the mainboard to run 
> ProDOS's BASIC.SYSTEM. If you don't need BASIC.SYSTEM, you don't need 
> Applesoft, as far as I know. And by the way, a 64K II/II+ can run ProDOS 
> up to version 1.9.
>
> > Is there an easier way to boot prodos on a original II that has 
> > integer basic in ROM?
>
>
> Not really.
>
> If you have superfluous Integer BASIC chips, I'm sure somebody would be 
> willing to trade them in for the far more common Applesoft chips. I've 
> hunted a long time for IntBASIC chips and still got only the BASIC 
> itself, but not the Old Monitor or the Programmer's Aid #1 chips.

Couldn't he use a Transwarp as a workaround? Or are saying the ROM card 
and Language card are using conflicting address space?