ProTerm

[arfink]

Well, Proterm has finally been released to the world. See the link here: http://lostclassics.apple2.info/

The only problem that I have with their release it it's a ShrinkIt file, and not a shrinked disk image but simply a set of ProDOS files. I need it to be a disk image so I can boot it in my Apple II, and I have no idea how to do that. I have tried using NuLib2 without success. BTW, I am using Linux, and so I can't use Ciderpress. What should I do?

 

[luddite]

What should I do?

Check your email.

 

[luddite]

There's a bit of acrimonious debate over at CSA2 about distributing ProTerm, so I'm not going to post the 5.25" disk images... however, the manual does describe the procedure for creating a 2-sided "flippy" disk from the official release. Page 57.

Of course you still need some way to unarchive the Shrinkit file and jump through all the usual hoops to get it to your Apple II.

 

[arfink]

Thanks Luddite. I did find out how to do it on Ciderpress by using someone else's computer. It's quite annoying to have to do that. I am using ProTerm now, and it seems very nice. I'll need to do more tweaking to get it just the way I want it, but overall very nice. Too bad it doesn't support color or any of the other effects. But then, Apple II text mode can't really do that anyway.

 

[II2II]

Cripes, do things ever change in the Apple II world?

 

[luddite]

Things were pretty calm when I got into the Apple II around Y2K, but reading through CSA2 posts from the early '90s you can see there were a lot of personality clashes. These days it's generally a pretty good community with only occasional outbreaks of hostility. Nowhere near as violent as the 68KMLA ;-)

 

[luddite]

arfink: don't know for sure if this will work, but you might try copying the files to /RAM/ and running it from there (once you have the configuration figured out)... might be a bit snappier and less swappier.

 

[II2II]

Things were pretty calm when I got into the Apple II around Y2K, but reading through CSA2 posts from the early '90s you can see there were a lot of personality clashes.

My apologies.

 

[arfink]

Hmm, ram drive. Not a bad idea, it would cut down on disk swapping. One question: in Proterm, how to you keept it from drawing everything in inverse? It seems fine, until I fire up Pine or Alpine on the SDF, and then everything goes into inverse and I can't see the cursors anymore. And even after I quit Alpine it's still all inverted. Worked fine in Modem.MGR though. BTW, I am using the VT100 emulation, but the other emulations seem to mess it up too, like the ANSI emulation.