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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi listers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ok, got the disk updated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now, it has all the files it's supposed to have. I did include a patched version of fid per the instructions on the disk, so you don't need to patch it yourself, unless you just want the experience.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyway, here's a link to the utilities disk for amdos:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/m5i3k6js5uz5xhx/AMDOS%20utilities.dsk?dl=1">https://www.dropbox.com/s/m5i3k6js5uz5xhx/AMDOS%20utilities.dsk?dl=1</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here's a link to the 800K disk image I created. As mentioned before, it features the files from TexTalker 3.1.2 for DOS 3.3 in the first 400K partition, then, the second 400K partition is empty.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ncg584rkdezctm/amdostest.po?dl=1">https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ncg584rkdezctm/amdostest.po?dl=1</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now, here are the notes on AMDOS which explain how it works. These can also be accessed by running the viewer program RUN.ME, from the AMDOS utilities disk.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AmDOS 3.5 User Notes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> by Gary Little<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> [Release 861016]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AmDOS 3.5 (Amateur Disk Operating System version 3.5) is a modified<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> version of DOS 3.3 that works with the UniDisk 3.5, Apple 3.5 Drive,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> or any 3.5" drive connected to Central Point Software's Universal Disk<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Controller (as well as standard 5.25" drives, of course). To install<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> it, boot DOS 3.3 (or a similar operating system like ProntoDOS or<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Diversi-DOS) from a 5.25" disk or a hard disk, enter a BRUN AMDOS.LOAD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> command, and then, when asked to do so, specify the slot number of the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> controller card for the 3.5" drive. (This is 5 if the drive is<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> connected to the external drive port of a IIc or a GS.) Alternatively,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> you can boot AmDOS directly from a previously initialized 3.5" disk,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> just as you would boot DOS 3.3 from a 5.25" disk.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> To initialize a 3.5" disk, LOAD an Applesoft "greeting" program into<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> memory and then enter a BRUN AMDOS.INIT command. After you press the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> space bar to clear the user-supported program notice, enter the slot<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and drive number of the disk to be initialized and then the name of<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> the greeting program you loaded. Next, insert the disk to be<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> initialized and press "I" to begin the procedure. Initialization takes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> approximately one minute.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AMDOS.INIT partitions an initialized 3.5" disk into two distinct 400K<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> volumes; there are 50 tracks per volume and 32 sectors per track. Use<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> the ",D1" and ",D3" drive parameters (as well as a slot parameter, if<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> necessary) with your DOS 3.3 commands to select the first and second<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> volumes of drive 1. Use ",D2" and ",D4" to select the first and second<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> volumes of drive 2. For example, to catalog the second volume on drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 1, use the command "CATALOG,D3". As with DOS 3.3, if you don't specify<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> a slot or drive parameter, the most recently specified value is<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> implicitly used.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AmDOS increases the number of directory sectors per 400K volume from<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 15 to 31, meaning the directory has room for 217 file names, rather<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> than the usual 105. The directory occupies sectors 1 to 31 of track 17<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and the sectors are linked together in the following order: from<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> sector 15 down to 1, then from sector 31 down to 16.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AmDOS Memory Usage<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AmDOS uses one data area in the high end of memory: $BEAF to $BFA7.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Don't use any DOS 3.3 program that uses this reserved area or your<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> system won't work properly. If you press Reset when the drive light is<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> on, the area from $BCDF to $BCFF (a popular area for DOS patches)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> could be overwritten too, so avoid pressing Reset.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AmDOS Disables the INIT Command<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> With AmDOS installed, the INIT command is disabled. If you need to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> initialize a 5.25" floppy disk, you must first boot a disk containing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> an unmodified copy of DOS 3.3. To re-install AmDOS after booting DOS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 3.3, enter a BRUN AMDOS.LOAD command.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Using FID with AmDOS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> You must modify the FID utility program on the DOS 3.3 system master<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> disk before it will properly transfer files to and from AmDOS-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> formatted 3.5" disks. Modifications are necessary because standard FID<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> supports drive numbers 1 and 2 only, and it doesn't work with volumes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> having capacities above 200K.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Here are the steps to follow to make the necessary modifications to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> each of the two released versions of FID:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> FID (on IIe System Master) | FID (on II Plus System Master)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ---------------------------------|---------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ]UNLOCK FID | ]UNLOCK FID<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ]BLOAD FID | ]BLOAD FID<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ]CALL -151 | ]CALL -151<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> *0854:A9 78 | *0854:A9 78<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> *0973:B5 | *0973:B5<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> *09BF:B5 | *09BF:B5<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> *11ED:4C 89 16 | *11ED:4C 89 16<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> *1414:B1 | *1414:B1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> *1689:8D 32 19 B9 8C 19 8D 33 19 | *1689:8D 31 19 B9 8B 19 8D 32 19<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> *1692:B9 8D 19 8D 34 19 0D 33 19 | *1692:B9 8C 19 8D 33 19 0D 32 19<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> *169B:0D 32 19 4C F2 11 | *169B:0D 31 19 4C F2 11<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> *3D0G | *3D0G<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ]BSAVE FID,A2051,L4687 | ]BSAVE FID,A2051,L4686<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> (To determine which version of FID you have, enter PRINT PEEK(5277)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> after the BLOAD FID command. If the printed result is 168, you have<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> the IIe version; if it is 211, you have the II Plus version.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> To automate these steps, first transfer a copy of FID to the AmDOS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 5.25" master disk from the DOS 3.3 system master disk (using FID<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> itself!). Then enter the command EXEC PATCH.FID.IIE (if you have the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> IIe version of FID) or EXEC PATCH.FID.IIPLUS (if you have the II Plus<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> version) from Applesoft command mode.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Relocating AmDOS to the Language Card<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Any program that relocates standard DOS 3.3 to the 16K language card<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> RAM area will work with AmDOS. The DOS relocators that come with<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Diversi-DOS and ProntoDOS also work. Be aware, however, that you can<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> only use AMDOS.INIT or AMDOS.LOAD before DOS has been relocated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Using AmDOS with Hard Disks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Most DOS 3.3-compatible hard disk systems will work with AmDOS,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> including The Sider and the CMC "Quick" series. Just be sure to BRUN<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AMDOS.LOAD after booting the DOS 3.3 partition of the hard disk.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Using AmDOS with RAMdisks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Most RAMdisk drivers that don't use AmDOS's reserved memory area will<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> work with AmDOS (the only known incompatible drivers are older<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> versions of the Diversi-DOS RAMDISK program). This includes the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> drivers for MultiRAM, RamWorks, and the Apple 1M Memory Expansion<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Card. After installing a RAMdisk driver (other than the three just<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> mentioned) it's a good idea to BRUN AMDOS.LOAD to re-install AmDOS,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> just in case the driver disconnects AmDOS. This is necessary if<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> the RAMdisk driver installs itself by placing a JMP (jump)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> instruction at location $BD12 without saving and chaining to the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> JMP put there by the AmDOS installer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Using AmDOS with the Universal Disk Controller<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> If you're using one 5.25" drive and one 3.5" drive with the UDC,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> attach the 3.5" drive to the drive 2 connector so you can boot copy-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> protected DOS 3.3 programs on 5.25" disks from drive 1. (DOS 3.3 won't<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> boot properly from drive 2.) Unfortunately, you can't boot AmDOS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> directly from the 3.5" drive in this situation --- to install AmDOS,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> boot DOS 3.3 from a 5.25" disk and then enter a BRUN AMDOS.LOAD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> command. (Note: If the 5.25" drive doesn't seem to work after you<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> access the 3.5" drive, your UDC needs a ROM upgrade; contact Central<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Point Software for further information.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Using AmDOS with Diversi-DOS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AmDOS works with both the 48K and 64K versions of Diversi-DOS, but you<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> can only use AMDOS.INIT and AMDOS.LOAD before BRUNning DDMOVER to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> install the 64K version. AmDOS does not work with the utility programs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> GARB and BUFFER, or with versions of RAMDISK prior to the one released<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> with version 4.2C of Diversi-DOS. You cannot boot the 64K version of<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Diversi-DOS (as modified by AmDOS) from a 3.5" disk.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> About the Author<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AmDOS was developed by Gary B. Little, author of the Point-to-Point<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> communications program (Pinpoint Publishing) and three books on how to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> program the Apple II: Inside the Apple //e, Inside the Apple //c, and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Apple ProDOS: Advanced Features for Programmers (Prentice Hall Press).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Distribution Policy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> AmDOS 3.5 is a user-supported program. Get a free copy from any<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> convenient source (such as a user group or a bulletin board system)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and try it for 30 days. If you find it useful and you want to continue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> using it, you must order a registered copy (ordering details below).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> You may make copies of AmDOS for anyone you like as long as you don't<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> charge for them (exception: user groups may charge a duplication fee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> not exceeding $5.00). There is a one-time $100 license fee for those<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> who wish to include AmDOS on disks containing other programs that will<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> be sold or licensed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Ordering Information<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Registered copies of AmDOS 3.5 are available from RMS Software Inc.,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> #210 - 131 Water Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 4M3.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The telephone number is (604) 681-3371.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The price is $20 (U.S.A. funds) or $27 (Canadian funds).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>