mead@hamal.usc.edu (Dick Mead) (06/07/89)
I need to find a working copy of Chameleon. This is a utility program that can transfer files between Apple DOS/PRODOS/PASCAL/CPM diskettes. I have tried the version I found on Genie (version 1.0) but this one keeps giving me an error message about Disk I/O error, even though it does not actually access a disk at the time. I have tried 3 different systems (IIe/c/gs) and 3 versions of prodos (101/111/114) with the same results. All other features seem to work, as I can read directories of the disks of the 4 types. The date of this program is in 1987, so maybe someone knows of a newer version, that works. Thanks in advance. Dick <mead@hamal.usc.edu>
SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (06/07/89)
> I need to find a working copy of Chameleon. This > is a utility program that can transfer files between > Apple DOS/PRODOS/PASCAL/CPM diskettes. I have tried > the version I found on Genie (version 1.0) but this > one keeps giving me an error message about Disk I/O > error, even though it does not actually access a disk > at the time. I have tried 3 different systems (IIe/c/gs) > and 3 versions of prodos (101/111/114) with the same > results. All other features seem to work, as I can > read directories of the disks of the 4 types. The date > of this program is in 1987, so maybe someone knows of a > newer version, that works. Thanks in advance. The version on APPLE2-L worked when I tried it before posting it. Since it's been there for 2 years and others apparently have downloaded it, I gather it's an uncorrupted copy. I don't own a IIgs so there could be some problem that doesn't appear on my //e or //c. The Chameleon program will do what you want. It is available in files 87-00030 and 87-00031 on the APPLE2-L list server at the BITNET node BROWNVM. To obtain these files, send the commands GET APPLE2-L 87-00030 GET APPLE2-L 87-00031 to: LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BITNET <--- NOTE! to LISTSERV not to APPLE2-L!!! An even better alternative would be to send the SHAREWARE FEE to the address displayed by the program (and in the documentation) and ask for the latest version by return mail. Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)
thomasw@vlsi3.CS.Concordia.CA (Thomas Wieland 1728423) (06/09/89)
In article <8906071043.aa02588@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) writes: > >The Chameleon program will do what you want. It is available in >files 87-00030 and 87-00031 on the APPLE2-L list server at the BITNET >node BROWNVM. To obtain these files, send the commands > >GET APPLE2-L 87-00030 >GET APPLE2-L 87-00031 > to: LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BITNET <--- NOTE! to LISTSERV not to APPLE2-L!!! > Sorry if this question has been asked before, but when you say "send the commands..." - is that the same as sending those two lines by E-mail to the given address? Or are those ftp commands (why the uppercase then?). >An even better alternative would be to send the SHAREWARE FEE to the address >displayed by the program (and in the documentation) and ask for the latest >version by return mail. Problem is, if you don't have the program, you also don't know the address. Would you know it by any chance? I would be very interested in a program that does what Chameleon seems to do. I've tried the Universal File Converter utility, but found it unsatisfactory as it does not recognize ProDOS paths (only S6,Dn), is slow, and generally cumbersome to work with (the user interface sucks!) If possible, send answers by E-mail to my address above, our news system is a bit flakey at the moment and swallows ~1/2 of all articles. > >Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] >Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET >Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] >U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] > (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] Thomas Wieland E-mail: thomasw@jupiter.cs.concordia.ca Dept. of Computer Science or: thomasw@concour.cs.concordia.ca Concordia University Montreal, PQ Canada Phone: (514) 848-3039
sb@pro-generic.cts.com (Stephen Brown) (06/10/89)
Network Comment: to #2252 by pnet01!crash!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!usc!hamal.usc.edu!mead
There is a DOS 3.3/CPM disk that converts text files between the two
environments. Of course, if you want to go DOS <-> ProDOS, you'll need
something like Copy II Plus. I'm not sure what will handle Pascal.
Anyway, if you're interested, you can order "DOS-CP/M HYBRID", disk CPM-11 or
disk A-133 from LOGIC, Canada's oldest and largest Apple User Group. Disks are
$11.48 (Canadian) for non-members. Send money order or VISA number to:
LOGIC
P.O. Box 696, Station "B",
Willowdale, Ontario
CANADA M2K 2P9
LOGIC stands for the "Loyal Ontario Group Interested in Computers", and is
registered in the province of Ontario as a non-profit organization.
Stephen Brown
ProLINE: sb@pro-generic.cts.com
-------->Sometimes you feel like a nut
sometimes you don't<----------larryv@pro-carolina.UUCP (Larry Virden) (06/10/89)
Network Comment: to #3408 by obsolete!SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET%cunyvm.cuny.edu I have never been able to get a copy of Chameleon to work on my IIgs, and I have downloaded from apple2-l several times, as well as from a couple of other sources. Perhaps there is a relationship here - I have never been able to get a downloaded version of kermit to exec either!
SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (06/11/89)
>>The Chameleon program will do what you want. It is available in >>files 87-00030 and 87-00031 on the APPLE2-L list server at the BITNET >>node BROWNVM. To obtain these files, send the commands >> >>GET APPLE2-L 87-00030 >>GET APPLE2-L 87-00031 >> to: LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BITNET <--- NOTE! to LISTSERV not to APPLE2-L!!! >> >Sorry if this question has been asked before, but when you say "send the >commands..." - is that the same as sending those two lines by E-mail to the >given address? Or are those ftp commands (why the uppercase then?). email the two lines. BITNET doesn't support 'ftp' (case, however, doesn't matter -- LISTSERV will buy mixed case commands). >If possible, send answers by E-mail to my address above, our news system is >a bit flakey at the moment and swallows ~1/2 of all articles. In general, I think it courteous to (try anyway) send answers to the individual who asks a question as well as to the list (when the answer is likely to be of wider interest). Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)
ALBRO@NIEHS.BITNET (06/14/89)
There have been several messages, some of which are juotations from other messages, suggesting that Chameleon may not work on a IIgs. I checked an old copy of Chameleon 1.0 that I knew was working on a IIe. The boot disk ran ProDOS-8 v.1.4, jumping into Prosel, from which Chameleon was selected. This was on a IIgs with 1.25M of memory , one 3.5" drive, and one 5 1/4" drive. Bootup was from the 3.5" drive. The only non-ProDOS disk I had handy was a DOS 3.3 5 1/4" floppy (which was in the 5 1/4" drive, as you might suspect). File transfers between the two worked fine. However *** Chameleon must be allowed to find and identify the disks. If you put a disk in a drive after Chameleon has booted, you must make the menu selection that allows Chameleon to re-check the drives. There is no way for you to tell Chameleon what kind of disks are where, if it doesn't know by itself. In any case, Chemeleon worked the same way on my IIgs as on the IIe. So those having problems with it may have received corrupted downloads. -Phil Albro-