A2 File Cmd 0.7.5 — Two panels. One Apple II.
- Added six service overlays on EXTRA and XL for both CPUs: UNDELETE recovers deleted ProDOS file candidates to another volume; DISKCMP compares volumes and PO/DSK/2MG images; MKIMAGE creates formatted data images; RESCUE extracts readable data with retries and a missing-block log; SYNC copies missing/newer files recursively; TREE shows cumulative directory sizes.
- Recovery leaves source volumes unchanged. UNDELETE recognizes index halves swapped by ProDOS DESTROY and refuses ambiguous or reused blocks. SYNC reads back temporary copies before replacing older files, with rollback backups. DISKCMP supports exact single-drive comparison with prompts naming the expected disk and slot/drive.
- Added VOLINFO to BOOT and XL: free space, fragmentation, a paginated bitmap, shared/lost blocks, used blocks marked free and count checks. Incomplete scans never present a lost-block verdict.
- Replaced FORMAT.SYS with FORMAT.PLG, returning directly to the panels. Kept ERASE confirmation and protection of the running program. Physical Disk II formatting preserves resident memory, including on errors, and explicitly warns that /RAM is cleared.
- Published separate 6502 and 65C02 BOOT/EXTRA 140 KB floppies and complete XL 2mg images. Each XL has all 42 overlays, BASIC.SYSTEM, DEMO and IMGHGR; BOOT and EXTRA share a 41-command catalog. The two CPU families never share an EXTRA disk. Missing-disk prompts support selecting drive 1 or 2 and returning the source disk after an overlay loads.
- Added fifteen other service overlays: TXTCONV, DATE, VERIFY, TAGPAT, VOLNAME, WIPE, FIXTYPES, GOTO, FIND, CRC, IDENT, MDVIEW, RENAME, IMGCONV and BOOTBLK. See the manual for their controls and limits.
- Fixed floppy sorting, jump-by-letter and marking differences after other overlays run. Expanded the paginated overlay menu to 80 columns and added the program configuration path to service API version 2.
- Included a printable English PDF manual with a clickable contents page and bookmarks.
- Added CPU-specific POM2 benches and host tests covering malformed allocation, real file deletion, reversed and partially processed indices, image bitmaps, failed writes, rollback, cancellation and memory bounds. Source comments and the SDK guide are in English.
Files
| CPU | BOOT: 140 KB, bootable | EXTRA: 140 KB, companion | XL: 32 MB, complete |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6502 | A2FILECMD-6502-BOOT-0.7.5.dsk |
A2FILECMD-6502-EXTRA-0.7.5.dsk |
A2FILECMD-6502-XL-0.7.5.2mg |
| 65C02 | A2FILECMD-65C02-BOOT-0.7.5.dsk |
A2FILECMD-65C02-EXTRA-0.7.5.dsk |
A2FILECMD-65C02-XL-0.7.5.2mg |
The concise English user guide is included as A2FILECMD-MANUAL-EN-0.7.5.pdf, with a screenshot of both panels, clickable contents and bookmarks.
Choose BOOT and EXTRA for the same CPU and release. EXTRA has 23 additional
tools and BASIC.SYSTEM; XL has all 42 overlays, BASIC.SYSTEM, DEMO and IMGHGR.
The 6502 versions run on an Apple II with 128 KB and 80 columns, including
the original IIe. The 65C02 versions support enhanced IIe, //c and IIgs,
with optional mouse. EXTRA keeps free space for future CPU-specific plugins.
Boot an image and press ? for the key map; sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS-0.7.5.txt
checks the download. The bootable images carry ProDOS 8 2.4.3; the .2mg and companion carry
BASIC.SYSTEM (John Brooks' free distribution; they are Apple's). Sources,
manual and benches:
https://github.com/habib256/a2filecmd.