On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Ron Hudson wrote:
> What I really want is to write programs for my Apple IIc+. fast
> programs.
I think learning assembly language is the best way to go then. It's not
difficult, and the experience will be much more rewarding than trying to
use Aztech C on the Apple ][.
> I want to write a LIFE program (cells, patterns movement) Basic is too
> slow. (I don't think I even have integer basic) I eventually want to
> be able to write <stuff>.system files that prodos can run.
Integer BASIC wouldn't give you any advantages here.
> I was asking about Aztec C cuz I have a copy. Aztec seems to have an
> assemble step, which means it has an assembler in there.
Maybe.
> The problem is that I don't know how to setup the files so the compliler
> actually works. Aztec currently lives on 4 5.25" diskettes, and I only
> have a single 5.25" drive. I have two 3.5" drives, I would rather run
> Aztec from the 3.5" drives.
Copy all the files from the 5.25" disks to 3.5" disks. I'm not sure if
Aztech will know what's going on though. Your best bet is to find a cheap
hard drive that you can copy everything to.
This guy made an IDE interface for the Apple ][:
http://s.guillard.free.fr/Apple2IDE/Apple2IDE.htm
He has the plans available for free and the parts cost less than $15
(according to him).
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Received on Wed Apr 28 2004 - 10:02:15 BST