[comp.sys.apple] Prodos on II/II+

rat@circle.UUCP (David Douthitt) (04/09/88)

This may have been beaten to death by now, but here goes:
 
There is a common misconception that Prodos does not run on II+'s. 
Prodos works JUST FINE on a II+... it is the extensions to BASIC that 
don't work.  Thus, you can operate SOME programs on an Apple II+ in 
Prodos (Kyan Pascal + KIX is a good example).
 
In short --
 
  PRODOS.SYSTEM ----- works
  BASIC.SYSTEM  ----- fails
  APW.SYSTEM    ----- fails (appleworks)
 
By the way, be aware that a bug in PRODOS makes it trash the disk (NOT 
NICE!)  There is a fix, but I don't have it -- its a *BUG*, not a 
"feature" like the ROM checksum.
 
     David Douthitt
     rat@circle
 


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combs@reed.UUCP (Robert C. Combs) (04/13/88)

In article <2.225E0CBC@circle.UUCP> rat@circle.UUCP (David Douthitt) writes:

In reguards to the II+ 's

>In short --
> 
>  PRODOS.SYSTEM ----- works
>  BASIC.SYSTEM  ----- fails
>  APW.SYSTEM    ----- fails (appleworks)
> 
>
There is a wonderful little program around that fixes the APW.SYSTEM for the
II+ (and II's?) called Applefix (or APFIX) or something on that order that 
allows an Appleworks version on II+'s.
	I used it about a year ago and the program runs great - however since
you only need it once - well I don't have to spell it out. anyway there is
hope.

Bob "the insomniac" Combs