How to bring Apple ][+ to 64K

[towmater]

Wanting to use the "greatest HD image ever" recently posted here, I found that I need to run ProDos to use HD images with a CFFA3000.

 

No Problem, I thought, I'll add this Microsoft 16K "language card", however ProDos still complains that it wants 64K.

 

Is this the wrong way to upgrade an A2+?

 

 

Edited August 4, 2019 by towmater
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[The Usotsuki]

ProDOS should Just Work with a Microsoft 16K card properly installed in slot 0.

 

ETA: Doesn't that card require one of the chips on the mobo to be moved to the card or something like that like the Apple card?

Edited August 4, 2019 by The Usotsuki

[towmater]

6 hours ago, The Usotsuki said:

ETA: Doesn't that card require one of the chips on the mobo to be moved to the card or something like that like the Apple card?

Yes, it cleverly accesses address and data lines by hijacking one of the mobo ram chips. I will search around for a diagnostic program. I used a mini-pro to verify that all of the 74 logic is working properly, but I don't know for certain that the eight 8118 chips are all OK. Is there a simple way to print the memory size in Basic?

 

[The Usotsuki]

Not really - the extra 16K overlaps the ROM.

[The Usotsuki]

As far as the lower 48K, try resetting to BASIC so DOS isn't loaded, then type this:

 

? PEEK(115)+256*PEEK(116)

 

That shows the location of the top of memory (usually 49152).

[towmater]

1 hour ago, The Usotsuki said:

 

That shows the location of the top of memory (usually 49152).

It's 49152. I guess this is moot now, because I ordered a "Saturn Rocket 128K" card out of frustration. The strange thing, though is that I had been using the CFFA3000 without issue before adding the language card, and now that I have removed the language card the CFFA will not boot anymore, flashing "Requires 64K".  UPDATE: all of the stored settings in the CFFA went away for some reason, it works now.

 

Edited August 5, 2019 by towmater