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From: prw@meccsd.MECC.MN.ORG (Paul R. Wenker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Help with System Disk 3.2 needed
Message-ID: <1001@meccsd.MECC.MN.ORG>
Date: 13 Sep 88 14:08:08 GMT
References: <6791@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
Reply-To: prw@meccsd.UUCP (Paul R. Wenker)
Organization: MECC
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In article <6791@uwmcsd1.UUCP> aehl@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Donald J Aehl) writes:
>
>I just got a copy of the Apple II System Disk 3.2 yesterday, but I don't have
>the docs.  So, I have a few questions for anyone who is interested in helping.
>
>What tool setup.files are necessary for a bare bones Prodos 16 disk?  And 
>could anyone tell me what each of the setup files do.  
>
>How about the new tools sets? Where did the Dialog.icon file go? (the Finder
>still uses them but the Finder is still the same old version).  What is the 
>funny binary file in the fonts sub-directory for?

See below.


>name            type  blocks   modified               access
>----            ----  ------   --------               ------
>system           dir       1   24-Jun-88    5:28 PM   rwnd B
>  system.setup     dir       1   21-Jun-88    5:56 PM   rwnd B

>    tool.setup       str       1   21-Jun-88    4:55 PM   rwnd B
>    ts1              $BC      61   21-Jun-88    4:59 PM   rwnd B
>    ts2              $BC      28   21-Jun-88    5:01 PM   rwnd B

These three files are the toolset patches.  TS1 is for the old ROMs,
TS2 is for the new ROMs.  If you know the exact machine you will be
running on, you can axe one of these.

>    atsetup          str       1   16-Jun-88    4:47 PM   rwnd B
>    atinit           $E2       1   16-Jun-88    4:48 PM   rwnd B
>    atpatch          $BC      14   16-Jun-88    4:45 PM   rwnd B
>    atstart          $BC       3   16-Jun-88    4:47 PM   rwnd B
>    pfiload          $BC      46   21-Jun-88    3:36 PM   rwnd B
>    spload           $BC      23   16-Jun-88    4:44 PM   rwnd B
>    atrom            $BC      22   16-Jun-88    4:47 PM   rwnd B

These seven files are all of the AppleTalk support.  If you don't plan
on using AppleTalk (i.e. printers or AppleShare) you can remove
these.

>    atresponder      $BC      17   13-Jun-88    3:31 PM   rwnd B

This file is for use with Inter-Poll, Apple's network management
utility.  It's definitly optional, but may be useful if you are on a
large network.

>  fonts            dir       1   23-Feb-88    4:40 PM   rwnd B
>    font.lists       bin       3   17-Feb-88   10:03 AM   rwnd B

This file is put here by Font Manager to help speed up the startup
process.  Normally on startup, Font Manager reads every file in this
folder and builds internal tables of font information.  The new
version of Font Manager saves some of this information in the
FONT.LISTS file.  Next time Font Manager is started up, it only has to
read files that have been added since the last time it was started up.
The speed increase is especially noticable if you have a large number
of fonts.


The new tools are...

#25 - Note Synthesizer
#26 - Note Sequencer
#29 - ACE (Audio Compression and Expansion)
#32 - MIDI Tools

The documentation for all of these is quite lengthy.  It would be well
worth the money to go out and buy the 3.2 documentation.


-Paul Wenker			prw@meccsd.MECC.MN.ORG
-MECC, Technical Services