Re: Einstein Applesoft compiler disk image corrupt?

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

Michael J. Mahon (mjmahon@aol.com) wrote:
: Dave Althoff Jr wrote:

: >Sean McNamara (sean@macassist.com.au) wrote:
: >: Hi there,
: >
: >: I was going to try out the Einstein AppleSoft compiler which is 
: >: available on GS WorldView and asimov - when I
: >
: >: BRUN EINSTEIN,D2
: >
: >: as per instructions, I get a DSK ERR - even if I switch to D2 beforehand,
: >
: >: BRUN EINSTEIN
: >
: >: also comes up with a DSK ERR.
: >
: >: I've tried with KEGS, Virtual ][ and OSXII (all on Mac OS X).
: >
: >: Does anyone know why this would be so? Does anyone have a working copy 
: >: of this disk image they could forward to me?
: >
: >Does that work as a disk image?  Einstein uses the program disk as a
: >scratchpad for the code and reads and writes directly to the program disk,
: >probably bypassing DOS in the process.  

: But it would be _very_ strange if it bypassed RWTS, so it should work
: fine reading and writing to an image.

: One possible problem might be that it is an RWTS that is heavily
: modified for copy protection, but I would expect a .dsk image to
: be deprotected.

I just found something else that might be useful.  Apparently there is a
compiler disk rebuilder utility on the disk.  Try booting into DOS 3.3 and
then:

]BRUN REMAKE COMPILER DISK

...and see if that fixes the image

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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