User`s guide

>> If you have properly installed DOS 3.3 Launcher, your DOS 3.3 programs should
appear with DOS 3.3 icons when viewed through the Finder. To launch them, you
simply double click on them, which launches them via ProDOS 8. <<
Of the two basic approaches (a special 3.5" DOS 3.3 or DOS 3.3 Launcher),
DOS 3.3 Launcher seems to be the better way to go:
First, it is easy to set up the contents of a DOS 3.3 disk prior to converting
it to disk image form-- you can use any of the popular disk management utilities
such as Copy II Plus. Moving DOS 3.3 files onto an AmDOS or OzDOS disk with the
crude FID-type copiers available is a hassle.
Second, DOS 3.3 Launcher turns out to create and use standard 143,360-byte
ProDOS order (.po) disk images, except, at least on the IIgs, the 'Launcher
requires a special filetype-- e.g. $F1 to run at 1MHz, $F2 to run at "Fast"
speed. These filetypes make it possible for the DOS 3.3 Launcher icons
(included) to link images to the program for easy launching under the Finder--
you just double-click on the image's icon.
So, you should be able to download any .dsk disk image on your PC, use an
emulator to transfer the contents to a .po disk image, and transfer the .po file
via NULL modem to your Apple II. Here you just need to adjust the filetype for
use under DOS 3.3 Launcher. Or you can convert 5.25" .sdk (shrinked disk) files
to .po disk image form and transfer these via NULL modem.
To download AmDOS, OzDOS, DOS3.3.Launcher, and ProSel, see Csa21MAIN4: Get
It- Links to popular software packages.
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023- How can I get DOS 3.3 from the net without an Apple
II telecom utility?
DOS 3.3 Dump is DOS 3.3 in an Apple II Text file. The purpose of the the
dump file (dos33.dmp)is to make it possible for users without DOS 3.3 and
without any Apple II telecom program to obtain DOS 3.3 from the net.
Once you have DOS 3.3, you can obtain ADT and have a way to transfer 5.25"
.dsk disk image files from your net computer to your Apple II. (And once you can
transfer disk images, you can get a good Apple II telecom utility and have a way
to transfer all kinds of files!)
You can find DOS 3.3 Dump along with directions on several net sites. See
Csa21MAIN4: Get It- Links to popular software packages.
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024- What is ProDOS?
ProDOS
ProDOS is the official Apple II DOS which came after DOS 3.3. Do not
confuse "ProDOS" and "Prontodos". Prontodos is a slightly modified DOS 3.3 which