Subject: Re: Copy II Plus Question Message-ID: <37761BD2.2414FB3A@swbell.net> From: Rubywand Reply-To: rubywand@swbell.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 References: <3775ad52.0@news.linkup.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 85 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 07:40:50 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.193.8.85 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: typhoon01.swbell.net 930486796 207.193.8.85 (Sun, 27 Jun 1999 05:33:16 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 05:33:16 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Nathan Olson writes ... > > About four months ago I got my hands on a platinum Apple IIe, a DuoDisk, a > single Apple 5.25 drive, and an Apple Color Composite Monitor. I ordered a > 40MB Focus HDD from Alltech with ProDos installed on it, so I've got an OS. > What I need are utilities to help me get started...:^) I read in one of the > Apple II faq's that Copy II Plus version 7.1 or 7.2 is the version to aim > for. Since it is a later version, v7.2 should be better in some way-- maybe it has more Copy parms. V7.4 should be even better. > My question is, I've seen higher versions of this software (forgive my > version-itis, I come from PC land...). Is Copy II Plus 7.1 or 7.2 still the > all-around "best" (cough) version to acquire? If so (or if not so), would > someone be willing to mail me a diskette with the "correct" version of Copy > II Plus on it...:^) The 7.x versions work with DOS 3.3 and ProDOS and were the last to include the capability for creating disk images. The images are not compatible with popular emulators; but, they are a handy way to archive DOS 3.3 disks on a hard disk. Probably, the best 7.x is v7.4-- it is likely to have the biggest selection of 5.25" Auto Copy parms of the v7.x series. Version 8.x and later versions do not allow creating disk images. Version 8.x does add 3.5" bit copying and Auto Copy parms for 3.5" disks. Overall, it may offer more to the Apple //e/ Laser 128EX /IIgs user with 3.5" drives than v7.x. One catch is that IIc+ (and, evidently //c) users can't use the 3.5" bit copy stuff. Version 9.x requires an enhanced //e, //c, Laser, IIc+, or IIgs. Version 9.0 is too buggy and not really safe to use. Version 9.1 _seems_ to be safe; but, it does not work correctly with the IIgs /RAM5 RAM disk. A major plus is the Compare Files option. Another plus for users who want to make copies of original diskettes is the large 5.25" and 3.5" Auto Copy parm files. A IIgs owner is normally going to use the System Finder for moving around ProDOS files and copying ProDOS disks. So, for a IIgs user, Copy II+ v7.x comes out a bit ahead of other versions. It adds the DOS 3.3 file/disk handling features the Finder lacks, works with ProDOS, doesn't seem to screw up /RAM5, and gives you the option of creating disk images. The last pure DOS 3.3 Copy II+ seems to be v5.x. One big advantage of v5.x (and some earlier versions) is that the Sector Editor is part of the Utilities (instead of Bit Copy as in later versions). You get a pretty comprehensive DOS 3.3 disk/file management utility with just Utilities and have plenty of space for other programs on a 5.25" diskette. What most of the above boils down to is that, depending upon your Apple II model or models, you may want to keep around several versions of Copy II+. > Also, is there a list anywhere with what came packaged with each part of the > Apple IIe? What I'm wondering is what came with each piece of equipment > (Cpu, disk drive, monitor, etc.) as far as documentation, etc. Basically, > my question is "What came with a base Apple IIe system (If you were to > travel back to the eighties and pick one up at Radio Shack)? We've never owned an Apple IIe; so, I don't know what documentation, software, etc. may have come with a typical IIe system. However, you probably would not have picked one up at Radio Shack. They were competing with Apple. > Also, as this > is a bit on the wordy side already, I also need the "correct" version of > ShrinkIt..:^) .... If your IIe is an Enhanced (128k, does double-hires, etc.) //e, you want 8-bit ShrinkIt version 3.4. It should be available, with directions, in self-extracting form on the Texas II site at ... http://members.aol.com/A2MG/dl.html . For a 64k Apple II, there are separate SHRINK and UNSHRINK programs. You can find them, with directions, on the ACN Tarnover site at ... ftp://tarnover.dyndns.org/cabi/Utilities/SHRINKITandGSHK/ . Rubywand