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     Propacker is the Prodos answer to DDD II.  With it,
a Prodos BBS system and AE system is now feasible.
     Propacker is menu driven and very simple to use.  With
it, you can pack or unpack both Prodos and DOS 3.3 disks,
the same as with DDD.  You can also catalog either drive 1
or drive 2 with a single keypress.  The Catalog function
will catalog "both" Prodos and Dos 3.3 disks.  The
Change Default function allows you to designate the source
and target drive choices.  The Dos Command function enables
direct Prodos commands, thusly enabling the renaming,
deleting, locking, unlocking, etc., of files, plus
cataloging of a Unidisk 3.5 or hard drive.

* IMPORTANT *
     1)  Propacker can reside and be run from a standard
5 & 1/4 drive, Unidisk 3.5, or hard-drive.  However, it will
pack and unpack only 5 & 1/4 disks and will only work with
5 & 1/4 drives in Slot 6.
     2)  A formatted Prodos disk must be provided as the
target disk when packing a disk.
     3)  A packed file must be moved from the target disk
before packing a second disk or a separate Prodos disk must
be used to pack each disk.  This is because the program
packs onto the same place on the target disk each time.
However, other files may be saved onto a disk containing
a packed file.
     4) Propacker works only with Slot 6, with 1 or 2
drives.  The slot number cannot be changed.
     5) Propacker adds the prefix of (XX.) to the name
chosen for a packed file.  When unpacking a packed file, and
you are prompted for the file name, type in only the name
and not the XX. prefix.  Unlike DDD, no file size is needed
after the name.  Propacker automatically figures out the
file size.

     Perhaps with the advent of Propacker, we will see
more Prodos BBS's and AE's appear.

Revelstone - 405-799-2638
     Loric Vilesilencer (Sysop)
     Kevin Landwaster (Co-Sysop)


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