Tag: ProDOS
ProDOS 2.4.3 is a minor release with bug fixes and updates. It replaces ProDOS 2.4, ProDOS 2.4.1 and ProDOS 2.4.2.
The ProDOS Drivers Disk project has been updated. Joshua Bell, the projects owner has released a new ProDOS Order disk containing the following changes has been released: Add ROMX RTC driver, c/o Jeff Mazur. This is a modified version of the ROMX Real-Time Clock driver to improve compatibility with ProDOS applications that use page 2. BUHBYE: Compatibility fixes for Franklin ACE 2000 and ACE 500. Fix auto-launching quit handler, c/o @rharke You can download the disk at the ProDOS Drivers Disk…
Joshua Bell has released the latest rendition of his ProDOS Drivers disk. The ProDOS Drivers version 1.3 includes a host of drivers for various cards in the Apple II series computers. Some of the drivers included in this version are: Real-time Clock drivers No-Slot Clock Cricket! Applied Engineering DClock RAM Disk drivers RAMWorks Driver by Glen E. Bredon Quit dispatcher/selector (BYE routines) 40-column Selector (from ProDOS) 80-column menu-driven Selector (from ProDOS 1.9 and 2.x) Bird’s Better Bye (a 40-column menu-driven selector)…
Sellam Abraham has announced the official release of GReasy Graphics System 1.0, a complete low-resolution graphics sprite and background animation tool with integrated editing suite and programming library for the Apple ][ line of computers.Features: Up to 31 sprites of any dimension- Up to 32 background frames- Small memory footprint (<5K with fully initialized sprite system) Documented and easy to use Applesoft BASIC interface- Includes drawing program, sprite editor, and &-command extensions for quick & easy development Download GReasy Graphics…
Seattle, Washington — July 24, 2020 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is proud to announce the availability of a new manual for “ProCMD: The Commander” written by Glen Bredon in 1987. From the author who gave us Big Mac comes ProCMD: The Commander – a set of ProDOS utilities and 25 new ProDOS commands that greatly increase the power and flexibility of ProDOS in your Apple II. And you can create your own modules! Additional commands are included…
A new alpha version of ProDOS for the Apple II has been released. ProDOS 2.5 Alpha 7 has a number of new features and fixes and include a new version of Copy II Plus on the disk. Included in the ProDOS 2.5 Alpha 7 Release are: ProDOS 2.5a7 kernel ProDOS BASIC.system 1.7a10 Copy II Plus 8.5a1 For further information or to download the latest release, check out the web page for ProDOS 2.5 at:https://prodos8.com/releases/prodos-25/
John Brooks has made another alpha of ProDOS 2.5 available for the general public. ProDOS 2.5 Alpha 2 is the latest release in the new production of ProDOS which began with the release of ProDOS 2.4. and has undergone a number of changes addressing bugs and capabilities in ProDOS. This latest release is primarily a public preview according to the lead programmer and will definitely have some caveats in its functionality. For more information about ProDOS 2.5 Alpha 2, check…
ProDOS 2.4.2 is a minor release with bug fixes and updates. It replaces ProDOS 2.4 and ProDOS 2.4.1. Bugs fixed: 1. If a directory with more than 255 files was used, and then a different disk was used, a Bad Dir Error $51 was reported. 2. Bitsy Bye was not compatible with the Appletalk Workstation card. 3. Bitsy Bye was not compatible with the Mac LC Apple IIe card. Updates: 1. Thunderclock driver is updated for years 2018 – 2023…
System Disk 4.4 has been released for Apple //e and newer computers. The following programs are included: ProDOS 2.4.1 operating system. Bitsy Bye program launcher from ProDOS 2.4.1. Launcher.System 4.4, now updated to restore Bitsy Bye v2.4.1 to Language Card Bank 2 on exit. SysUtils.System 3.1 from System Disk 4.0.2. FastCopy.System version 1.0.1 from System Disk 4.0.2. Bitsy Boot 1.0 from ProDOS 2.4.1. Basic.System 1.6 from ProDOS 2.4.1 The Make.No.P8 utility from ProDOS 2.4.1 which saves 1KB from ProDOS by removing GS/OS…
New version: ProDOS 2.4.2 is available here. ProDOS 2.4.1 adds several improvements and bug fixes to ProDOS 2.4. Includes ROM ID detection for many Apple II clones, and workarounds for clone firmware bugs. Franklin Ace Laser 128 Unitron Pravetz Updates MiniBas to version 1.2. Fixes a bug when launching ProDOS 2.4 from GS/OS using Closed-Apple to activate Bitsy Bye. Fixes a ROM bug in un-enhanced Apple //e when quitting to Bitsy Bye with 80-column mode enabled. Files on disk have been organized for…
Today’s Mac GUI Vault update brings enhanced file catalogs to over 70% of the 27,000 files currently in the Vault archive; that’s almost 19,000 files. These file catalogs are in the search database too, so you can use them to find the programs that you’re looking for. Some files, such as BinHex and BinSCII, will often have a description of the program in them; this description has also been copied out and is searchable. The following file formats are cataloged:…
This article describes a program which lets you easily install customizing routines, such as a RAMdisk and clock card drivers, on bootup into ProDOS, It mimics, under ProDOS 8, the SYSTEM.SETUP feature of ProDOS 16. It is emphatically placed in the public domain: I urge software publishers to take it and include it where appropriate with their own programs. I only ask that you take the program unmodified. It would be unfortunate if variants of the program spread around, each…
By Gareth PowelAustralian Apple Review June 1987 Those of us who were in at the beginning of the Apple II revolution found that the main focus of our attention from day one was on a mystery animal called DOS. This animal came in different flavours and, later, different numbers. But we happy pioneers knew, right from the start, that if we were ever to fully control this wondrous new machine we would have to work out what a Dos was,…
