The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VI.. Stop In!!!

[Running Bear]

Been busy recoding some programs today. All were set up to run on Apple II computers but some for II's, some for II+'s, some for IIe's. They're all Apple II's so what's the big deal right? Mostly the way the memory is set up. The Apple II and II+ take 16k extra memory from a memory card and bank switch it over their ROM memory so whatever is stored in THAT extra memory can be used as if it's IN ROM and it doesn't detract much from the 48k of main RAM memory which can be used for running software. The IIe on the other hand takes 64k of extra memory from a memory card and bank switches it over it's 64k of main RAM memory giving it 128k RAM. This leaves more space in the main RAM for running software as program data can be stored and executed in the 64k of extra RAM. It only has 16k of ROM memory and nothing from the memory card can be stored or used there. Is everybody confused now? An additional compication but nothing I can't remedy is that some of these programs were made to run from 13-sector diskettes in DOS 3.2. I'll be running them from 16-sector diskettes in DOS 3.3 so unless the were converted at the time the were stored as ROM's I may have to convert some of them. The CP/m programs aren't a problem as my computer has a Z80 co-processor.

Hey, I came across some really old programs. Who remembers Wordstar? Anybody? maybe this will jump start your memory:

I'll be posting some photos in the near future from some of the software I found. It's gonna be fun transferring this stuff to floppy disks.

Been getting in some more walking today and I'm getting much better going up and down steps. However I still have to see where I'm putting the feet so carrying something in front of me is still problematic.