Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!hc!lll-winken!arisia!cdp!sklein From: sklein@cdp.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Looking for Apple /// (Yes, 3!) sof Message-ID: <139800001@cdp> Date: 7 Dec 88 06:19:00 GMT References: <596896823@sfmag.UUCP> Lines: 29 Nf-ID: #R:sfmag.UUCP:596896823:cdp:139800001:000:1362 Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!sklein Dec 6 22:19:00 1988 Walt Morris asked about Apple /// software and a 'disk to boot it with'. If I recall correctly, Apple ///s used 'disk-based ROM;' the actual ROM in the machine was just enough code to boot a disk. You put a special boot disk in the internal drive which loaded the 'ROM' routines into write-protected RAM (like the Amiga 1000 Kickstart). The operating system is called Apple SOS (applesauce- get it?). SOS is an abbreviation for Sophisticated Operating System. It's file structure is compatible with ProDOS and disks and files move freely between SOS and ProDOS but not, of course, software. The best Apple /// program that I'm aware of is Three Easy Pieces, the precursor to Appleworks. If I had a ///, I would definately get /// EZ Pieces. The only Apple /// magazine that I'm aware of is called On-Three, but I don't know where/how to get it. The Apple /// is an underated machine. You made a good deal. -Shabtai Klein ____________________________________________________________________ | There is more to life than | UUCP: uunet!pyramid!cdp!sklein \ | increasing its speed. | Internet: cdp!sklein@arisia.xerox.com | | | BitNet: cdp!sklein%labrea@stanford | | --Mohandis K Gandhi | PhoneNet: (301) 270-2250 | \___________________________________________________________________/