Path: news.uiowa.edu!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!News.MO.NET!tattoo.sccsi.com!nuchat!yob!jeff.brielmaier From: jeff.brielmaier@yob.com (Jeff Brielmaier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: ProDOS 2.x Message-ID: <15819.678.uupcb@yob.com> Date: 16 Feb 96 04:59:00 GMT Distribution: world Organization: Ye Olde Bailey BBS - Houston, TX - 713-520-1569 Reply-To: jeff.brielmaier@yob.com (Jeff Brielmaier) References: <13FEB199616044736@vax2.concordia.ca> Lines: 57 MS>>The ProDOS Technote #23 does not list 2.0 so I assume it was never MS>>released outside Apple (has anyone got it?). 2.0.1 would remap a MS>>smartport volume into S3,D2 and then install /RAM. That and other MS>>remapping problems were fixed in 2.0.2-3. MS> MS>I believe Apple purposely skipped over ProDOS 8 v2.0.0 as a label for MS>the first 2.x release. Back during 1990 or so, some person(s) created MS>and released a fake version 2.0 of ProDOS 8, rumoured to have a virus MS>contained within it (I still have a copy of it somewhere actually). In MS>any case, should you ever come across ProDOS 8 v2.0, it is _not_ real MS>and should be avoided. Version 2.0.1, 2.0.2 and 2.0.3 are offical MS>Apple releases of course. Well, I don't have a copy v2.0 but I do have copies of v2.0d6 (26-Jul-91) and v2.0d10 (14-Oct-91). These were received from Apple (under a non-disclosure agreement) so I know that they are 'real'. In fact, here is my collection of ProDOS-8 versions: NAME TYPE BLOCKS MODIFIED CREATED ENDFILE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PRODOS10.830901 SYS 29 1-SEP-83 0:00 1-SEP-83 0:00 14336 PRODOS10.831001 SYS 31 1-OCT-83 0:00 1-OCT-83 0:00 15360 PRODOS10.831101 SYS 31 1-NOV-83 0:00 1-NOV-83 0:00 15360 PRODOS101 SYS 31 1-JAN-84 0:00 1-JAN-84 0:00 15360 PRODOS102 SYS 31 15-FEB-84 0:00 15-FEB-84 0:00 15360 PRODOS11 SYS 30 17-AUG-84 0:00 17-AUG-84 0:00 14848 PRODOS111 SYS 30 18-SEP-84 0:00 18-SEP-84 0:00 14848 PRODOS12XA11 SYS 37 12-JUN-85 0:00 12-JUN-85 0:00 18432 PRODOS12EXP06 SYS 31 3-APR-86 0:00 3-APR-86 0:00 15360 PRODOS12 SYS 32 6-SEP-86 0:00 6-SEP-86 0:00 15485 PRODOS13 SYS 32 2-DEC-86 0:00 2-DEC-86 0:00 15485 PRODOS14.A02 SYS 32 12-FEB-87 0:00 12-APR-87 0:00 15485 PRODOS14B SYS 32 12-FEB-87 0:00 12-FEB-87 0:00 15488 PRODOS14 SYS 32 17-APR-87 0:00 17-APR-87 0:00 15485 PRODOS15.880108 SYS 32 8-JAN-88 0:00 8-JAN-88 0:00 15485 PRODOS15.880502 SYS 32 2-APR-88 0:00 2-APR-88 0:00 15485 PRODOS16 SYS 32 13-JUN-88 21:07 13-JUN-88 21:06 15485 PRODOS17.880801 SYS 32 2-AUG-88 17:14 2-AUG-88 17:14 15485 PRODOS17.880808 SYS 32 9-AUG-88 8:11 9-AUG-88 8:11 15485 PRODOS18.890331 SYS 32 31-MAR-89 17:08 31-MAR-89 17:08 15485 PRODOS18.890523 SYS 32 23-MAY-89 0:00 23-MAY-89 0:00 15741 PRODOS19.900716 SYS 34 17-JUL-90 15:40 17-JUL-90 15:35 16509 PRODOS20.D6 SYS 35 26-JUL-91 17:30 26-JUL-91 17:30 17128 PRODOS20.D10 SYS 35 14-OCT-91 14:09 19-AUG-91 15:31 17128 PRODOS201 SYS 35 4-MAR-92 23:00 4-MAR-92 23:00 17128 PRODOS202 SYS 35 2-NOV-92 21:06 2-NOV-92 21:09 17128 PRODOS203 SYS 35 6-MAY-93 17:10 6-MAY-93 17:10 17128 * KingQWK 1.05 # [PK] * Benji! Don't run out in the street- *&^%$ NO TERRIER ---- +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Ye Olde Bailey BBS Zyxel 713-520-1569(V.32bis) USR 713-520-9566(V.34/FC)| | Houston,Texas yob.com Home of alt.cosuard | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Path: news.uiowa.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeeder.sdsu.edu!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!News.MO.NET!tattoo.sccsi.com!nuchat!lurch.sccsi.com!news.sccsi.com!yob!jeff.brielmaier From: jeff.brielmaier@yob.com (Jeff Brielmaier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: /RAM Message-ID: <2901.682.uupcb@yob.com> Date: 27 Jun 96 04:35:00 GMT Distribution: world Organization: Ye Olde Bailey BBS - Houston, TX - 713-520-1569 Reply-To: jeff.brielmaier@yob.com (Jeff Brielmaier) References: <4qghg5$8c3@pith.uoregon.edu> Lines: 55 NP>file offset of file offset of NP>ProDOS version main bank driver aux bank driver NP>-------------- ---------------- --------------- NP>1.0.1 thru 1.1.1 $C00 $A00 NP>(*) 1.2 exp $D00 $B00 NP>1.3 thru 1.7 $E00 $C00 NP>1.8, 1.9 $F00 $D00 NP>2.0.1, 2.0.3 $D00 $3100 NP> NP>(*) "1.2 exp" is "1.2 Experimental", which I found on the IIGS Sales Demo NP>disk (the one with the saxaphone music at the beginning). I don't seem to NP>have a non-"experimental" version 1.2 anywhere in my disk collection. Neil, there was at least one other 'pre-release' and an 'offical' v1.2 release Below is my collection of ProDOS-8 versions: ..NAME TYPE BLOCKS MODIFIED CREATED ENDFILE *PRODOS10.830901 SYS 29 1-SEP-83 0:00 1-SEP-83 0:00 14336 *PRODOS10.831001 SYS 31 1-OCT-83 0:00 1-OCT-83 0:00 15360 *PRODOS10.831101 SYS 31 1-NOV-83 0:00 1-NOV-83 0:00 15360 *PRODOS101 SYS 31 1-JAN-84 0:00 1-JAN-84 0:00 15360 *PRODOS102 SYS 31 15-FEB-84 0:00 15-FEB-84 0:00 15360 *PRODOS11 SYS 30 17-AUG-84 0:00 17-AUG-84 0:00 14848 *PRODOS111 SYS 30 18-SEP-84 0:00 18-SEP-84 0:00 14848 *PRODOS12XA11 SYS 37 12-JUN-85 0:00 12-JUN-85 0:00 18432 *PRODOS12EXP06 SYS 31 3-APR-86 0:00 3-APR-86 0:00 15360 *PRODOS12 SYS 32 6-SEP-86 0:00 6-SEP-86 0:00 15485 *PRODOS13 SYS 32 2-DEC-86 0:00 2-DEC-86 0:00 15485 *PRODOS14.A02 SYS 32 12-FEB-87 0:00 12-APR-87 0:00 15485 *PRODOS14B SYS 32 12-FEB-87 0:00 12-FEB-87 0:00 15488 *PRODOS14 SYS 32 17-APR-87 0:00 17-APR-87 0:00 15485 *PRODOS15.880108 SYS 32 8-JAN-88 0:00 8-JAN-88 0:00 15485 *PRODOS15.880502 SYS 32 2-APR-88 0:00 2-APR-88 0:00 15485 *PRODOS16 SYS 32 13-JUN-88 21:07 13-JUN-88 21:06 15485 *PRODOS17.880801 SYS 32 2-AUG-88 17:14 2-AUG-88 17:14 15485 *PRODOS17.880808 SYS 32 9-AUG-88 8:11 9-AUG-88 8:11 15485 *PRODOS18.890331 SYS 32 31-MAR-89 17:08 31-MAR-89 17:08 15485 *PRODOS18.890523 SYS 32 23-MAY-89 0:00 23-MAY-89 0:00 15741 *PRODOS19.900716 SYS 34 17-JUL-90 15:40 17-JUL-90 15:35 16509 *PRODOS20.D6 SYS 35 26-JUL-91 17:30 26-JUL-91 17:30 17128 *PRODOS20.D10 SYS 35 14-OCT-91 14:09 19-AUG-91 15:31 17128 *PRODOS201 SYS 35 4-MAR-92 23:00 4-MAR-92 23:00 17128 *PRODOS202 SYS 35 2-NOV-92 21:06 2-NOV-92 21:09 17128 *PRODOS203 SYS 35 6-MAY-93 17:10 6-MAY-93 17:10 17128 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * KingQWK 1.05 # [PK] * The results of your IQ test are back. 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