[Blindapple] copying Dos to non-talking disk

[Byron Stephens]

        I have attached the prodos textalker for all here, just run it with 
the atgames in drive 2 of the emulator, and just run the menu program.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayson Smith" <jaybird at bluegrasspals.com>
To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindapple] copying Dos to non-talking disk


> 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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