Re: Need help building Apple IIe system dedicated to "Elite"

["mjenison" <jenison@enteract.com>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
> If I were doing it, I would plug a CFFA card into a IIgs
> and set it up to boot into the game.
>
> Since you only need ProDOS, the boot will take less time than
> a CRT will take to warm up.  And it completely solves the problem
> of saving game state, with no moving parts and no need for cooling.

This sounds like a good idea, but I'm not sure what you mean by "you
only need ProDos"?  Elite booted off a 5.25" disk, probably using some
Dos 3.3 variant.  I think you can only find Elite in .dsk format.  How
would ProDos help me?  Is there some ProDos utility that can run a .dsk
format file?  Forgive me, I've been out of the loop with the .dsk
format and what Prodos can (or can't) do.

Also, I wanted to avoid the IIgs screen redraw bug (forgot about that),
so I'm switching to Apple IIe.  This card works with a IIe, so I'm ok
there.  Now I just need an accellerator that is adjustable.  ZipChip?

Also, does the Apple IIe display it's video in RGB?  If not, I'll need
an RGB card for it as well.

> -michael
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