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From: jetzer@studsys.mu.edu (jetzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: ProDOS on Apple][+
Message-ID: <98@studsys.mu.edu>
Date: 4 Apr 88 20:40:21 GMT
References: <8804031558.aa27289@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Organization: Marquette University - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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In article <8804031558.aa27289@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>, CARPENTR@SERVAX.BITNET (RALPH=CARPENTER) writes:
> 
> 
>      Eran Lachs of Ben Gurion University (Clap100@Bgunos.BitNet) writes:
> 
> >  You'll probably have to stick to DOS 3.3, cause //'s & //+'s can't
> >boot Prodos. You can't use open-apple & closed-apple keys, too.
> 
>    This is inaccurate.  Apple][+'s, at least, boot ProDOS just fine.  We
> have one in the next office that runs ProDOS-8 1.4 and Ascii Express 4.3p
> on a daily basis.  As a matter of fact, this particular ][+ CAN'T run
> DOS 3.3 --- we don't OWN any 3.3 software...


The only requirements to run recent releases of ProDOS are to have 64K and
AppleSoft ROMs on the motherboard.  This means that if you had an Apple ][,
and switched the ROMs from off of a AppleSoft ROM card, you could run ProDOS.

If memory serves me, you can run older versions (like 1.0.1) of ProDOS on a
48K machine, but it won't do much good because ProDOS loads into the top part
of RAM, right where BASIC.SYSTEM (and most other software) like to relocate to.





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