Swapping Disks For Apple 2 linapple Pi3
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I'm hoping someone can walk me through this since I'm not very techy. I'm having issues with a particular apple game that requires you to use a boot disk first then insert a different disk and press any key to begin. Now I'm using the ROMs and not actual disks which are two separate ROMS. How do you accomplish this? And is it possible to save in game play. I do have the F-1 options however I do not understand how to use them for the Apple 2.
Please remember again I'm not very techy so if it is complicated I might need more of a breakdown. I appreciate any help that is provided.
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@europadecas so disk drive 1 is your first disk. You load the second disk in disk drive 2. Then you swap drives for it to load the 2nd disk.
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I appreciate your response . I understand how to swap disks to a different drive with the actual Apple computer however I do not know how to do this in RetroPi . Could you please give me further details. Greatly appreciated.
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@europadecas said in Swapping Disks For Apple 2 linapple Pi3:
I understand how to swap disks to a different drive with the actual Apple computer however I do not know how to do this in RetroPi . Could you please give me further details.
Most of the relevant usage information for Linapple can be found in the Apple II RetroPie Docs, including how to swap disks located under the 'Getting Started' section. More detailed information can be found in the README file included with Linapple itself.
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@europadecas raelly simple. F1 help tells you everything. It tells you which f key is for drive b. Hit that f key. Then search for the disk you want to load. Hit enter. Then f1 tells you which f key you hit to swap drives. Hit that f key. Pretty simple.
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Thanks for all your help and links. They will be very useful. It looks like it will take a little experimenting on my part but you both have provided me with what I need to start to figure this out. I will respond once I successfully do this. I had attempted on a disk to swap but did unsuccessfully . I think maybe it was the rom itself .
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Pro Tip for Apple emulation: If you are running anything that requires frequent disk swaps, keep all other disk images you are not currently using somewhere other than the Apple directory in your Retropie ROMS folder. The selector for disk changes brings up EVERY file in one huge list and there is no way to jump around, you will have to arrow down through hundreds or even thousands of filenames to find the next disk, then when you have to change, it starts at the top and you have to go through all over again. If you are playing a six disk game, just put THOSE six disks there and save yourself a LOT of grief.
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Those links you sent were perfect. I figured it out due to your help. Thanks
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