Path: news.weeg.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic.csu.net!eis.CalState.EDU!csokolo Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Bought a Franklin Ace 1000: Questions.. Message-ID: From: csokolo@eis.calstate.edu (Christopher Sokolov) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:26:36 GMT References: Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services Lines: 39 tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly) writes: > Does anyone have the patch to make ProDos work on a Franklin? > If so please post it or send me E-Mail. > Thanks. Seeing as I told you there was a patch, I will post it. Maybe this could be in the FAQ? 1. Boot ProDOS. When the system hangs up, press [RESET 2. Type 2647:EA EA (prodos 1.0) -or- 265B:EA EA ('all' other versions) 3. Type 2000G Congratulations! But the change is not permanent, your must modify the PRODOS file. The following BASIC program will do just that. 20 D$ = CHR$(4) 30 INPUT "INSERT DISK TO BE PATCHED AND PRESS RETURN":R$ 40 PRINT D$;"BLOAD PRODOS,TSYS,A$2000" 50 POKE 9819,234:POKE 9820,234 60 PRINT D$;"BSAVE PRODOS,TSYS,A$2000":END For ProDOS 1.0 change line 50 to: 50 POKE 9799,234:POKE 9800,234 (From Home Computer Magazine, v5 #4, page 13) I left out the error trapping code from the program, but it should do the job. :) Anyone who wants the complete program mailed to them, let me know. A few points: I seriously doubt this patch will work for ProDOS version after 1.9. My II+ doesn't. It may not even work with some fairly old versions, as this program came out when ProDOS was first released. Hope this helps, -Christopher Sokolov Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Path: news.weeg.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!nosc!crash!pro-harold!pro-cajun!pro-gumbo!tgeer (Smail3.1.28.1 #7) id m0nGmnn-0000zYC; Tue, 26 Jan 93 01: 41 PST From: tgeer@pro-gumbo.cts.com (System Administrator) Subject: Re: Bought a Franklin Ace 1000: Questions.. Organization: TGraphics, Inc. Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 23:59:39 CST Message-ID: In-Reply-To: tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly) References: Lines: 33 In tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly) writes: >Does anyone have the patch to make ProDos work on a Franklin? Patches - I've got patches. Here are a couple of methods that you can try. Please note that these patches are most probably version dependent. I don't know which version(s) these will work with - you'll just have to try them out. This first patch is a memory patch only - you will have to perform it every time you boot the disk but it's quick and dirty. When you boot the disk and it 'locks up', press reset and you will land in the monitor with a '*' prompt. Now type: 265B:EA EA 2000G the disk should boot normally now The second method involves patching the disk with a sector editor such as the one in Copy ][+. Read in track $01, sector $09 and change bytes $60-$61 from A9 00 to A5 0C. If this does not work then get another ProDOS disk, read in the same track and sector and change bytes $5B-$5C to EA EA. Remember to only apply these disk patches to expendable copies of your original disks and NEVER to the original disks themselves. These patches will probably only work with very early versions of ProDOS. P.S. Don't forget to write the modified sector back out to the disk! And to think - my wife wanted me to get rid of all my old Assembly Lines, Computist, Nibbles, etc. "But they might come in handy someday!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ProLine: tgeer@pro-gumbo Internet: tgeer@pro-gumbo.cts.com UUCP: crash!pro-gumbo!tgeer Fidonet: tom.geer@f20.n380.z1.fidonet.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best place to shoot a moose is within 20 yards of a pickup truck."