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@ -34,42 +34,18 @@ For the original DAs, the `.$F1` and `.bin` files can be compared
using `diff` to ensure that no changes have been introduced by the
disassembly process.
With `desk.acc` as the current directory, run `res/go.sh` to automatically
verify that the files are unchanged from the original, and also generate
semi-useful stats showing disassembly progress.
## Install Instructions
## Getting The DAs Onto Your Apple II
Transfer the `.$F1` files to your Apple (real or virtual) ensuring you:
There are a handful of approaches for getting the files on your real
or virtual Apple.
* Drop the suffix
* Replace `.` in the name with spaces
* Ensure they have ProDOS file type `$F1`
* Ensure they have start address `$800`
### Create a Disk Image
The last two are tricky, and depend on how you're copying the files.
My process is to use Virtual ]\[ on my Mac and mount a folder as a
ProDOS drive; I copy one of the original DAs into the folder which
gives it the $F1 filetype as a suffix and start address as an invisible
resource stream. I then unmount the folder, overwrite the DA with
a newly built one, and remount the folder.
This is done by the `res/go.sh` script.
Finally:
* Drop the files into your `A2.DESKTOP\DESK.ACC` folder
* Restart so A2D picks up the new DA
Tips:
* You can use the Sort Directory DA to order the files, which controls
the menu order:
* Open the `A2.DESKTOP\DESK.ACC` folder
* Press Open-Apple and click on each file in the desired order
* Select Sort Directory from the Apple menu, and verify the order
* Restart
## Package Instructions
To produce a ProDOS disk image with the , install and build the
To produce a ProDOS disk image with the DA files, install and build the
[Cadius](https://github.com/mach-kernel/cadius) tool:
```
@ -83,5 +59,49 @@ Then from the `desk.acc/` directory, run: `go/package.sh`
This will generate: `desk.acc/out/DeskAccessories.2mg`
Mount this disk image in your emulator, or transfer it to a real floppy
with [ADTPro](http://adtpro.com/), then follow the last steps of the
install instructions above.
with [ADTPro](http://adtpro.com/), then follow the install instructions
below.
### Mounting Folder via the Virtual ]\[ Emulator
If you use [Virtual \]\[](http://www.virtualii.com/) as your emulator,
you can skip creating a disk image.
With `desk.acc` as your current directory, create a `mount` folder,
run the `res/go.sh` script, and the built files will automatically be
copied in. Then run Virtual ]\[ and use the **Media** > **Mount Folder
as ProDOS Disk...** menu item. A new ProDOS volume called `/MOUNT` will
be available.
### Other
If you need to copy the files some other way (e.g. via
[CiderPress](http://a2ciderpress.com/)), you need to do the following:
Transfer the `.$F1` files in the `out` directory, ensuring you:
* Drop the suffix
* Replace `.` in the name with spaces
* Ensure they have ProDOS file type `$F1`
* Ensure they have start address `$800`
* Ensure they have auxtype `$0640` (to match the originals)
The last three are tricky, and depend on how you're copying the files.
## Install Instructions
Once you have the files accessible on your Apple:
* Copy the files into your `A2.DESKTOP\DESK.ACC` folder (using A2D or any other tool)
* Restart so A2D picks up the new DA
Tips:
* You can use the Sort Directory DA to order the files, which controls
the menu order:
* Open the `A2.DESKTOP\DESK.ACC` folder
* Hold Open-Apple and click on each file in the desired order
* Select Sort Directory from the Apple menu, and verify the order
* Restart