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AppleII-LibA2 version 0.201, released September 12, 2015

LibA2 provides both end-user utilities and library modules for
accessing files on Apple II ProDOS disk images for use with most Apple
II emulators.

This is a BETA release of LibA2.  There's some documentation, but it's
not complete.  If you want to see the rest of the documentation, then
send email!  Otherwise, I'll probably never get around to writing it.
Until then, use the source, Luke!  There are still probably some bugs,
and the interfaces might still change.  Use at your own risk.  Keep a
recent backup handy.  Wait sixty minutes before swimming.

All this having been said, I'm not aware of any serious bugs in LibA2
(besides the ones listed in the BUGS section below).  Good luck!
I would very much like to hear from everyone who tries LibA2.  The
more comments I get, the more likely I am to do more work on it.
Please send comments and questions to me.  Bug reports and patches
should go to the CPAN RT for LibA2: <bug-LibA2 AT rt.cpan.org>, or
through the web interface:

  http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=LibA2

You'll find my email address at the end of this file.


The included utilities are:

    prodos		version 0.201
	`prodos' is the main end-user utility.  It provides a
	Unix-style shell for accessing ProDOS volumes.  This allows
	you to list the contents of disk images, create
	subdirectories, and copy files to & from disk images.  If you
	have installed the Term::ReadKey and Term::ReadLine modules,
	the shell will have better editing, command & filename
	completion, and a command history.

	The parameters for prodos are:
		prodos IMAGE_FILE


    pro_fmt		version 0.201
	`pro_fmt' creates blank ProDOS disk images.  The images are
	NOT bootable, because they lack the necessary code in the boot
	blocks.  You can copy blocks from a bootable disk image to
	fix this.  The parameters for pro_fmt are:
		pro_fmt [options] IMAGE_FILE


    pro_opt		version 0.201
	`pro_opt' removes unused space from ProDOS disk images.  This
	is most useful for reducing the size of hard disk images.  It
	doesn't use any form of compression; it simply moves
	everything to the beginning of the disk, squashing out empty
	space caused by deleting files.  Be careful with this, as it's
	likely to have some bugs left.  The parameters for pro_opt are:
		pro_opt SOURCE_IMAGE_FILE  DESTINATION_IMAGE_FILE


    awp2txt		version 0.201
	`awp2txt' converts AppleWorks word processor files into text
	files.  This is a bit out of place in LibA2, because it has
	nothing to do with disk images, but I included it because
	users of LibA2 may find it useful.  The parameters for awp2txt are:
		awp2txt FILE ...


    var_display		version 0.201
	`var_display' lists the contents of an Applesoft BASIC VAR file.
	Currently, it can only display string variables and string arrays.
	Like awp2txt, you must first extract the VAR file from the disk
	image.  The parameters for var_display are: