[Blindapple] Using save the states, and knowing when you have to

[Jayson Smith]

I think it's SEC DEMO
Jayson


----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net>
To: "'Blind Apple Discussions'" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 08:25:27 -0500
Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Using save the states, and knowing when you have 
to

> What is the name of the demo on tt13.dsk, the one with the female voice? I
> was able to successfully do
> catalog d2
> after saving state and loading two disks as Tony described.  When I try to
> run what I think the Echo said, I receive the error "File not found." 
Trying
> to review and read letter by letter has same result. I also remember an 
Echo
> female voice from grade school and want to run the demo to hear if it is
> what I remember.
> Blake
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:blindapple-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Tony Baechler
> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 3:06 AM
> To: Blind Apple Discussions
> Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Using save the states, and knowing when you have
> to
> 
> To add to what Kyle says, you can determine how many saved states you have
> by looking in the sta/ folder.  You should have sta/apple2ee/1.sta after 
the
> state is saved.  Also, if you do what I do, you can have multiple saved
> states.  I have state 1 for DOS 3.3 and 2 for ProDOS.  When I insert a new
> disk which I haven't looked at before, I start with state 1 and do a
> catalog.  That avoids having to boot the emulated machine every time with 
a
> talking boot disk, save the state, switch disks, etc.  If I get an I/O
> error, I exit the emulator and repeat the command but with "2 " instead of
> "1", assuming it's a ProDOS disk.  If that still doesn't work, I give up 
and
> go onto the next disk.  Here is a sample command line:
> 
> mess apple2ee -flop1 disks\new.dsk -flop2 disks\egames.dsk -state 1
> 
> I keep egames.dsk in drive two in case I need Integer.  It's easier to 
brun
> it from the second disk rather than exiting the emulator and having to
> repeat the command line with a disk that has Integer on it.  In other 
words,
> I have Integer already available in case I need it.  Obviously, if it's a
> ProDOS disk, egames.dsk won't help, but I don't have to access the second
> drive at all.  Now that I've found a decent menu program, I usually insert
> that disk in the second drive.  I eventually plan to copy Integer and the
> menu to a separate boot disk, but I haven't yet.  For some strange reason,
> saving the state within fid crashes the Echo and/or the machine itself.
> 
> To answer the question about the female voice, yes, your memory is 
correct.
>  You'll need a standard boot disk or you'll have to make sure the machine 
is
> already booted as described above.  Take a look at tt13.dsk.  Ignore the
> robot demo as that's useless.  Run the other demo instead and tell me if
> that's what you remember.  I've never seen a game that uses the voice, but
> it would be cool to find one.
> 
> On 11/2/2013 9:24 AM, Joe Quinn wrote:
> > How do you know when you have to choose "save states, "and how do you
> > choose them on the Mac? And also, how did people get all these disk
> > images of old Apple to eat things? This brings me back to grade
> > school. I distinctly Remember there was an echo synthesizer with a
> > woman voice on it. I just can't remember the game. I think it was a
> > math one, and  too flipped the disk to get the woman voice and
> > additional games? I used to be afraid of this voice
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> Have a good day,
> Tony Baechler
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