[Blindapple] copying Dos to non-talking disk

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,

That's right, and complicating the issue, I don't think there's room on the 
atgames.dsk for the ProDOS boot files and Textalker.
Jayson


----- Original Message -----
From: "Byron Stephens" <bstephens122874 at shaw.ca>
To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:28:59 -0700
Subject: Re: [Blindapple] copying Dos to non-talking disk

> 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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