lane@dalcs.UUCP (11/02/86)
(I meant to ask this in my previous submission about Apple ///'s... Sorry to make you hit the "n" key twice!) I have been given to understand that Apple's PRODOS operating system was developed directly from their SOS o/s which they used on the ///. In fact some of their SOS documentation mentions fields, etc. used in ProDos. I'm wondering how close are they? Can ProDos data disks be read by an Apple /// under SOS and vice-versa? Will ProDos software work on an Apple /// under SOS? Will ProDos work on an Apple ///? How about compatiblity between Apple II's or //'s running CPM and Apple /// CPM? (This should be interesting... :-) Many thanks to any respondents. -- John Wright -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: c/o Dr Pat Lane, Biology Dept, Dalhousie U, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H-1J4 Phone: 902-424-3805 or 902-424-6527 Ean: lane@cs.dal.cdn Uucp: ...!{utcsri,garfield,dartvax}!dalcs!lane or ...!lane@dalcs.uucp Bitnet: lane@cs.dal.cdn or JW@dal.bitnet (goes to Dal Cyber) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher) (11/06/86)
> ProDos. I'm wondering how close are they? Can ProDos data disks be > read by an Apple /// under SOS and vice-versa? Will ProDos software > work on an Apple /// under SOS? Will ProDos work on an Apple ///? > How about compatiblity between Apple II's or //'s running CPM and > Apple /// CPM? > Prodos and SOS data files are interchangable. /// Easy Pieces is almost identical to AppleWorks and their data files are interchangeable. The Apple /// cannot run prodos or Prodos software in the native mode. Sine the emulation mode only has 48K you must buy a //e emulator from Titan Technologies to run Prodos and Prodos software on the ///. Prodos requires 64K. Rick Fincher