"Peter Watson" <paw77@NOhotmailSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:cwQy8.60915$o66.184904@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> "Charlie" <charlied@NOSPAMbboard.com> wrote in message
> news:aafl9k01h0f@enews1.newsguy.com...
> > Anyway, AmDOS does not come with a patched FID but it does tell you how
to
> > do the patching yourself. So to be complete I patched FID as instructed
> and
> > amazingly it seems to work.  I can copy the files from UniDOS disks
drive
> 1
> > or 3 to normal DOS 3.3 disks.
>
> Glad to hear you solved the problem!
>
> Any chance you could post the instructions to act as a reference for
others
> in the future?
>
> --
> Peter Watson
> -- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
> -- Impossible!  ;-)

Sure!

Using FID with UniDOS disks and disk images such as those used for the 202
Alliance
Super Games Collection.

The following is an excerpt from AmDOS User Notes by Gary Little:

Here are the steps to follow to make the necessary modifications to
each of the two released versions of FID:

FID (on IIe System Master)       | FID (on II Plus System Master)
---------------------------------|-------------------------- --------
]UNLOCK FID                      | ]UNLOCK FID
]BLOAD FID                       | ]BLOAD FID
]CALL -151                       | ]CALL -151
*0854:A9 78                      | *0854:A9 78
*0973:B5                         | *0973:B5
*09BF:B5                         | *09BF:B5
*11ED:4C 89 16                   | *11ED:4C 89 16
*1414:B1                         | *1414:B1
*1689:8D 32 19 B9 8C 19 8D 33 19 | *1689:8D 31 19 B9 8B 19 8D 32 19
*1692:B9 8D 19 8D 34 19 0D 33 19 | *1692:B9 8C 19 8D 33 19 0D 32 19
*169B:0D 32 19 4C F2 11          | *169B:0D 31 19 4C F2 11
*3D0G                            | *3D0G
]BSAVE FID,A2051,L4687           | ]BSAVE FID,A2051,L4686

(To determine which version of FID you have, enter PRINT PEEK(5277)
after the BLOAD FID command. If the printed result is 168, you have
the IIe version; if it is 211, you have the II Plus version.)

------------------------ end of excerpt ------------------------------

I used the FID from the II plus system master disk.  I put the UniDOS disk
image (I am using Keg32r3) in slot 5, drive 1 and I booted this disk. I put
a normal DOS 3.3 disk image in slot 6, drive 1.  The patched FID is on a
normal DOS 3.3 disk image in slot 6, drive 2.
When you BRUN FID you can copy files from the first 400K of the UniDOS disk
by setting the slot to 5 and the drive to 1.  For the second 400K you set
the slot to 5 and the drive to 3.

Charlie