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# Problock3
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A SOS Driver for Prodos block mode cards.
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This SOS block driver interfaces with Apple cards that use the Prodos block mode compatible firmware. The idea came about after I purchased a Booti card and was looking to use this in my Apple ///. I had some discussions with the designers about they wondered about using the block mode interface, but thought the screenholes would be an issue. The Apple /// uses these for font loading and does not allow them for card firmware use.
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This SOS block driver interfaces with Apple cards that use the Prodos block mode compatible firmware. The idea came about after I purchased a Booti card and was looking to use this in my Apple ///. I had some discussions with the designers and they wondered about using the block mode interface. We thought the screenholes would be an issue. The Apple /// uses these for font loading and does not allow them for card firmware use.
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## Details
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This driver does the following to try and setup an environment for the card fimrware to allow it to work without interfering with SOS.
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This driver does the following to try and setup an environment for the card firmware to allow it to work without interfering with SOS.
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Before calling the firmware on the card:
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- saves the screenholes and loads in the card firmware ones (current slot and slot0)
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- save zeropage $20-$4f
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| Card | Comments |
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| CFFA v2 | The Card needs to be formatted for Apple2 mode. This means 32mb partitions which are problematic with SOS. In MAME, if you use the option to mount a 16mb .2mg or .po image directly, then it works well |
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| Booti | Set to block mode |
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| CFFA v1.3 | The Card needs to be formatted for Apple2 mode. This means 32mb partitions which are problematic with SOS. In MAME, if you use the option to mount a 16mb .2mg or .po image directly, then it works well |
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| CFFA v2 | Only tested with MAME emulation. The Card needs to be formatted for Apple2 mode. This means 32mb partitions which are problematic with SOS. . In MAME, if you use the option to mount a 16mb .2mg or .po image directly, then it works well |
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| Booti | Tested with the card set to block mode |
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| CFFA3000 | Works ok booting Selector and sysutils, but will not work with BOS for some as yet undetermined reason |
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| Focus | Only tested with the MAME emulation |
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