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Re: Any way to make a "dual boot" apple II disk?
- Subject: Re: Any way to make a "dual boot" apple II disk?
- From: "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 03:31:37 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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In article <tKGXd.7294$YD4.2100@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>,
"Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote:
[Making a dual boot floppy disk.]
> Easier method.
>
> 1.) Find blank 5.25 disk.
> 2.) Notch disk.
FWIW, I always found that a single hole punch makes a dandy 5-1/5"
disk notching tool. Just use another disk as a template.
> 3.) Init one side DOS 3.3, format the other ProDOS.
> 4.) Put each version of utils on the appropriate side of disk and label
> accordingly.
> 5.) Skip brain excercise of creating hybrid disk and menu program.
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John
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