David Wilson wrote:
With a //c+ I could do it. This is because the 3.5" disk formatting code is in the ROM. All you need do is upload a small program over the serial port which when started formats an 800KB disk and then sucks an 800KB image up the serial line and writes it block by block to the disk. This would also work on a //c with a UniDisk 3.5. I may try this out on my IIe with 3.5 controller card.
Hmm, ADT for the IIc+ with 800k image support! I'd love that.Does the IIc+ have the same terminal support on the serial line that the IIc does? If so, transferring ProDOS could not be simpler. Transfer the prograam at 2000 and run it.
The trick would be to also send a start-up program and relocator to run it from a the $2000 area as if it had been loaded by ProDOS.
another issue ay be getting a ProDOS file and boot loader onto the disk once formatted. (The boot loader changes depending on what media it is on.)
Hmmm... Thankx, Ed