Subject: Re: C & Prolog, for the II+?
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Jeronimo Pellegrini writes ...
> 
> Hello,
> 
>    I'm looking for a C compiler and a Prolog interpreter for the
>    II+. The problem is... Downloading wouldn't work, since I have no
>    serial card, and no other computer at home - just the Apple II+.
> 
>    From the FAQ, I got to a list of software for the Apple II; I see
>    that HyperC is shareware, but I don't know where to ask for a
>    copy.
> 
>    Also, there's a "Micro-Prolog" listed there. I contacted the
>    company, and they don't sell it anymore - they seem to have not
>    even an archive copy.
> 
>    I have also tried Byteworks, and thay couldn't help too.
> 
>    So... If anyone can help me with this, that'd be great!
> 
 ....

     There is a utility named "ap2222pc" which you can download to your PC,
unZIP, and use to move files to your Apple II. It does not require having a
serial card.

     Here is a snip from the newsgroup FAQs which tells about ap2222pc:


>>

From:  Bill Mackin 

003- I've heard of ADT and ap2222pc. How do these packages work for 
      transferring Apple II disks between an Apple II and a PC? 

     Yesterday I downloaded ap2222pc.zip.  It was written by some guy in 
Hong Kong.  You buy a 25-pin male parallel port connector and two 8-pin DIP 
sockets from Radio Shack.  He gives the wiring diagram for connecting 9 wires 
between them.  You type in a 6502 assembly program on your apple at address 
300. Save the program, shut things off, hook up the wire from your PC printer 
port to the Apple Game Controller socket, turn them on, and run his programs. 

     It copies whole Apple disk images over to the PC, or PC to Apple, or 
individual files back and forth!  It works great!  I've already made 26 disk 
images from my old Apple disks (great for backup, too!) and have been  playing 
the games from them, moving games around, etc. 

     I only had one problem with the ap2222pc program; the first time I ran it, 
my PC was already in Windows and I had printed something to a HP LaserJet IV 
from it; when I turned the Apple on after hooking up the cable, the Apple 
locked up, giving me several different hi-res graphics screens in series, no 
beep, and no cursor.  The problem went away when I turned the Apple on first, 
then the PC. 

     You can download ap2222pc as file ap2222pc.zip from Asimov at ... 
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/utility/ . 

<<


     Once you have a way to transfer files, you will be able to download and
transfer languages. A convenient place to get several languages is Ron Kneusel's
"Programmer's Archive" at http://net-24-42.dhcp.mcw.edu/a2pa.html . He does not
list any Prolog but he does offer Hyper C and Aztec C (by Manx Software). Aztec
C is probably your best choice for a C on a II+.

     Possibly the largest archive of programming software is on Apple Cabi.net
at ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/Languages.Programming/ . You can find Hyper
C and Aztec C there and, _maybe_, some sort of Prolog.



Rubywand