Adtpro apple ii, apple iii bootstrapping scenarios play all these videos show various scenarios of bootstrapping apple ii and apple iii computers over serial and audio links from bare metal when. Also i picked up an apple iii but have no software for it. After 5 years serving the vintage apple enthusiast community, thinkclassic has been marked for closure and is now in caretaker mode. Apr 08, 2010 you have several menu choices, but i believe it is r for receive, then you type the filename you want the adtpro software will let you link to the folder the apple will use for the base folder, and sit back and wait while your disk gets copied trackfortrack at varying speeds depending on your choice. Here is my story, i have several old floppies from 80ties 5. Using downloaded software the ultimate apple ii resource. If you dont use adt or adtpro, or dont have any software for your apple yet, more bootstrapping scenarios and configurations are detailed below.
Apple also established the apple software bank and used it for special programs through 1980. A driver is required in order for the system to talk to the card. Please direct any questions, comments and enquiries about the website, management and ownership to this thread. Apple disk transfer prodos adtpro is a pair of programs that transfer diskettes and. The apple iie would not boot them or read them, but when i transfered the disk to an apple iii, it booted right up. This video shows you how to connect your apple ii to a pc using a serial cable and how to bootstrap the apple ii using adtpro. This is all much easier with a pc and ciderpress to take care of those pesky. See ii serial or ii audio to get started with an apple ii. See edit 2, i now have it transferring some sort of data, but still have a new issue.
I installed adtpro along with the driver for the usb adapter and was good to go. Adtpro is a software program that will transfer entire disk images from apple ii and apple computers to modern computers over one of several communications methods. Using the jsmess emulator, users can boot up an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. First, the file size is too large to transfer to one floppy with adtpro 162 kb. Markfive changed the title problem transfering files with parenthesis in filename problem transfering files with brackets in filename oct 10, 2018. Hello, i want load some games or other software to my apple iie using the tape input. The softcard gave the apple the ability to run the cpm operating system and included a z80 cpu with 64k ram. Adtpro audio connections connecting a host computer and the apple ii requires one if only bootstrapping or two if doing disk transfers audio patch wires. If your apple doesnt have up and down arrow keys, the space bar will cycle among the selections. Radio shack has a part number 422387 stereo and 422420 mono. Apple writer was originally distributed in this fashion, as were other less wellknown programs such as tax planner, plan 80, script ii for pascal, and mba a spreadsheet. Some apple ii emulators have the ability to virtualize a serial port over ip. The current version handles apple iis and apple s and works over either cassette port audio cables, ethernet or serial connection. If you still need to connect your host and apple ii computers through their.
Adtpro s client code borrowed heavily from the original apple disk transfer adt base code from version 1. But to ensure troublefree operation in the initial bootstrap step, you should set the switches like so. Adtpro, the vintage apple disk imaging software, has been updated to version 2. There is an link to an decent video on using adtpro made by the author of adtpro that i suggest you take a look at.
We will test software, fix hardware, program it, hack it, and generally take the 512k macintosh to its limits. Since i already installed the super serial card, all i have to do is make the connection between the apple iie and my mac pro. Is there a site at the web that have mp3 or wav soundfiles of apple ii software tapes to download. This tutorial will cover some of the most common issues when using adtpro to build your apple ii software library. David schmidt has released the latest version of the adtpro disk imaging software.
If you already have a way to transfer virtual disk images to your apple, you can use that to transfer the latest disk image containing adtpro that comes with this project adtpro2. Ethernet network with apple ii uthernet, uthernet 2, or lancegs card adtpro is. Uthernet ii has a builtin tcpip stack but still requires software support to do useful things. Oct 11, 2008 this walkthrough shows how to bootstrap an otherwise unadorned apple computer from no software whatsoever to booting images found on the internet using a serial connection. I know my cabling, mini din8, usb adapters etc are all working as i have had adtpro working on my iic and iigs. Reboot the apple with the adtpro floppy, and youre ready to go. I again vote for adtpro, the best apple ii software nearly ever made. Agat emulator provides support for all base blocks of original hardware as well as emulation of apple ii, apple ii plus and compatible systems. Apple ii gamessoftware tapefiles at the web using mp3 or.
The goal here is to get the adtpro client down to the apple so that you can easily transfer all the rest of the great apple ii software that is available on the. Im assuming there are no apple iii specific games, etc. Adtpro client disk in the disk drive and youre ready to go. The woz format was designed to be able to contain every possible apple disk structure and layout.
You can also leave that prompt blank, and hitting the return key will bring up a listing of files in the current working directory, allowing you to simply pick one by highlighting its. Find firmware updates, drivers and software downloads for ilce7m3. The resulting floppy disk is then bootableuseable by your apple ii. Based apple disk transfer prodos browse adtproadtpro2. I finally have all the pieces to push data to my apple iie.
Dos apple ii software free download dos apple ii page 3. A coworker of mine has given me a complete apple iigs system complete with printer and a buttload of software. Apple disk transfer prodos adtpro is a vintage apple computer series specific disk imaging software package and will work on apple s and apple s. Based on the seminal adt, adtpro can transfer any prodos or sosvisible volume. Magic window one of the most popular apple ii word processors by artsci.
If you find yourself in need of serial or usb cables to connect to your apple ii. You can scroll among the selections with the up and down arrow keys. In 1985, steve wozniak, while critical of the apple iii s hardware flaws, called sos the finest operating system on any microcomputer ever. Adtpro allows users to image floppies from apple ii and apple iii series computers and allows boot strapping of machines directly from a disk image over bare wire. Unpack the adtpro distribution file using your operating systems native facilities. I finally managed to find a scsi zip drive, so i can load software to this mac instead of using tiny floppies. Part of the free open source adtpro software package. Ars sean gallagher prepares for a floppyboot down memory lane. John jeppsons guided tour of highway iii from softalk magazine.
If you still need to connect your host and apple ii computers through their serial ports, refer back to. Adtpro is the apple disk transfer utility, allowing you to copy disk images to and from the apple. I connected the 25 to 9 pin serial cable to the apple iie, and then connected that to my usb serial adapter on the mac pro. Making an apple ii boot disk and getting other apple ii. If you need some info on serial connections, the adtpro website has pictures and such. Dsk and then something like adtpro to ship fulldisk images down to the gs as diskatonce affairs. Another problem i ran into with the apple iii is that if any of the ram is bad, it would not load a disk. Apple ii roms, free apple ii roms software downloads. I found disk images for it online, but i have no clue how to get them onto a disk that the apple iii can read. The apple ii software imaging software, adtpro has once again been updated. If you dont use adt or adtpro, or dont have any software for your apple yet, more. All i get is a waiting for host message on the iie card and the adtpro software on the new mac telling me it is connected. Once adtpro is up and running, it sets the cards configuration switches through software. The apple doesnt have the rich set of firmware the way the apple ii does.
Ive been trying to get adtpro working on a mac quadra 605 for the past several nights without complete success. Invaluable apple hardware and programming information was written by john jeppson in an article titled. Start the adtpro server from your host computers command line or by clicking on the startup program for your host operating system. Apple disk transfer prodos adtpro is a pair of programs that transfer diskettes and disk images between apple iiera computers and the modern world. Adtpro adtpro by david schmidt is not a tcpip stack, but instead is one of the most popular applications for the uthernet. The internet archive software library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. There is a host server component that runs on modern computers with java, and an apple client component that runs on any apple ii or apple. Maybe i could even use it as he apple e partition, or even some floppy disks. The primary purpose of any library is to preserve cultural relics and this software library is no different. If you have no apple software at all starting adtpro from bare metal. Bootstrap the client software on your apple ii via serial or cassette ports. Contiki, ip65 and adtpro have been updated by oliver schmidt to provide a compatible driver and ewen wannop has developed a new driver for marinetti stack for gsos. If you dont have software for your apple yet, more bootstrapping scenarios and. Making an apple ii boot disk and getting other apple ii software from disk images.
Part of the freeopen source adtpro software package. They are available from electronics retailers worldwide. The software library contains software disk images that can be downloaded and used to recreate the floppy disks using diskmaker 8 or any other utility which supports the compressed format. I can not for the life of me get it working on the iie card. Software library the primary purpose of any library is to preserve cultural relics and this software library is no different. This walkthrough shows how to bootstrap an otherwise unadorned apple computer from no software whatsoever to booting images found on the internet using a serial connection. You can still use the dos bootstrap procedure here to get dos going on a 48k apple. I bought an apple iii a few months ago but was never aware of what exactly was out there for it. Ive found a few sites hosting disk images but theyre all the same sos util disks, word processing, etc. Receiving disk images hitting the r key from the main menu lets you enter the name of the disk image you want to copy from the host to a disk on your apple. Riag volume 275 the librarian k46 aug 26, 2016 0816.
Help needed transferring apple ii software from mac lciii. Adt software free download adt top 4 download offers free software downloads for windows, mac, ios and android computers and mobile devices. The goal here is to get the adtpro client down to the apple so that you can easily transfer all the rest of the great apple ii software that is available on the internet. The woz disk image format has been placed into the public domain and dedicated to the apple community. If you have no software now and only want to run dos 3. That means that the serial port setup and communications software has to be. The adtpro server software in installed on a typical desktop pc with a pcie serial card, and the null modem cable was purchased from retrofloppy. It can be so accurate that even copy protected software cant tell that it isnt an original disk. If you dont have software for your apple yet, more bootstrapping scenarios and configurations are detailed here. Whatever directory the host software starts in will be the current working directory. If you have found this page directly from an internet search as opposed to a link from my disk imaging introduction page you have most likely missed some important information.
Client apple iigs woz edition with rom version 01 heard its buggy connections 8pin mini din to db9 db9 null modem adapter usb to serial co. If you already use the dos version of adt, or an earlier version of adtpro, you can use it to transfer the virtual floppy containing adtpro that comes with this project adtpro 2. If you have no apple software at all, and you have no disk drives either. If you dont have the adtpro client software on your apple ii yet, take. Cant get adtpro on windows 10 to talk to the iigs issue. Transferring apple disk images bootstrapping 8bit apple. The e in the name stands for enhanced, referring to the fact that several popular features were now builtin that were formerly only available as upgrades or addons in earlier models. The mac 512k blog chronicles the macintosh 512k and my projects with it. The apple iie styled as apple e is the third model in the apple ii series of personal computers produced by apple computer. Does anyone know if there exists some kind of exhaustive list of apple iii software. A collection of historical software for apple ii computers from the 1980s and early 1990s. Secondly, when using ciderpress to turn the file into a disk image, it aborts in the middle of the transfer, because its run out of space. Hitting the g key from adtpros main menu brings up the serial configuration screen.
Adtpro apple ii serial bootstrapping with speediboot youtube. How to obtain free software for your apple ii using adtpro. Apple disk transfer prodos adtpro transfers physical disks and disk images between apple iiera computers and the modern world. I have used this setup with an apple iigs and had no problems whatsoever with adtpro. Walkthrough of booting an apple ii computer over the serial port. It was basically the same as the original softcard produced for the apple ii which was microsoftss very first hardware product. Apple ii roms software free download apple ii roms. Start the adtpro server from your host computers command line or by. Agat was a soviet personal computer based on apple ii architecture. Sending disk images to the apple ii with adtpro appletothecore. Adtpros client code borrowed heavily from the original apple disk transfer adt base code from version 1. The softcard was just redesigned to fit inside the apple iii. Apple programs mobile software free download apple.
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