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From: grogo@athena.mit.edu (Greg Rogalski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Starting from Scratch
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Date: 31 May 91 17:28:01 GMT
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I just "inherited" a //c with an external drive from a friend who hasn't used
it for years.  It came with ProDos v. 1.? and DOS 3.3, a pretty good assembler
for DOS 3.3, PFS Write for Prodos.  I managed to scrounge up a recent version
of Z.LINK which lets me connect.  I'd like to be able to up/download files on
my Apple //c, but the trouble is that Z.LINK comes on a disk with ProDos 8.?
on it, which means that none of the other programs I have can use the
downloaded files, or produce files that I can upload.  In general, I'm very
confused about the profusion of OS's for the //c.  Can anyone tell me where I
can acquire a ProDos 8 system disk, system tools disk?  Can I download it and
use it immediately, given my present system?  Do I have to go to a dealer?
And is there any way I can use the old PFS Write with the new ProDOS?  

Another question:  can I find an emacs-style simple text editor that will work
with ProDos 8 so I can compose files on the //c and upload them with Z.LINK?

Thanks.  You can e-mail responses to grogo@ai.mit.edu
-Greg