[Blindapple] copying Dos to non-talking disk

[Byron Stephens]

You'll need to get a prodos version of textalker to make the atgames disk 
run correctly.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net>
To: "'Blind Apple Discussions'" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindapple] copying Dos to non-talking disk


> I'm trying to access the atgames disk found in the dropbox. I receive an 
> i/o
> error when I catalog it in drive 2. Is it possible to access that disk? If
> not, I am surprised it is available.
> Blake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindapple-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:blindapple-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 4:03 PM
> To: Blind Apple Discussions
> Subject: Re: [Blindapple] copying Dos to non-talking disk
>
> Hi,
>
> Do you mean the disk is in DOS 3.3 format, but isn't bootable? To find 
> out,
> put a bootable DOS disk in drive 1, the disk in question in drive 2,
> boot, get to Applesoft, and type:
> catalog,d2
>
> If you get a list of files, the disk may not be bootable. If you get an 
> I/O
> error or a blank or garbage list of files, the disk is probably using
> ProDOS or its own proprietary operating system. You can sometimes make
> ProDOS disks talk, but that's a totally different procedure. It's not
> generally possible to make disks which use their own independent OS talk,
> as there's no recognized filesystem to install Textalker, and no way to
> make the bootup process, whatever it is, recognize that it needs to load
> it.
> Jayson
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net>
> To: "'Blind Apple Discussions'" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:04:56 -0400
> Subject: [Blindapple] copying Dos to non-talking disk
>
>> Having been on this list for a while, I understand that hello and
> Textalker
>> must be copied to non-talking disks. However, for disks that lack Dos, 
>> how
>> do I copy Dos operating system to the disk in drive 2?
>>
>> Blake
>>
>>
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