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Re: ProDOS 2.4

From David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject Re: ProDOS 2.4
Date 2016-08-18 07:16 -0400
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On 8/18/2016 2:06 AM, John Brooks wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 10:47:33 PM UTC-7, David Empson wrote:
>> John Brooks wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 3:53:17 PM UTC-7, mjm...@aol.com wrote:
>>>> John Brooks wrote:
>>>>> I built ProDOS 2.4 RC1 today and sent it to volunteers for testing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Notes on new features (1-6 are same as Beta1):
>>>>> 1) All ProDOS functions are now 6502 code except /RAM, 80 col quit, GS
>>>>> clock, & GSOS quit 2) Apple ][, ][+, and un-enhanced //e compatible
>>>>> 3) Fixed aux-mem test at 01/0400 which caused a flashing period on ][
>>>>> & ][+
>>>>> 4) Greeting text and LC error text converts from lower to upper case
>>>>> if CPU==6502
>>>>> 5) Tested on emulators to run on ][+ and IIGS
>>>>> 6) Can be copied to system folder and renamed to P8 to use with GSOS
>>>>> 7) SystemDeath message system added at LC bank 2, $D001-$D04F
>>>>> 8) Minor size and space optimizations to fit SysDeath + 6502 without
>>>>> increasing the file size
>>>>>
>>>>> Known issues:
>>>>> -none-
>>>>>
>>>>> -JB
>>>>> Twitter: @JBrooksBSI
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since unenhanced //e's have 6502's, but are fully dual-case, a case can be
>>>> made that "force messages to upper case" should be an option separate from
>>>> the CPU option.
>>>> --
>>>> -michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II:  http://michaeljmahon.com
>>>
>>> Agreed. I'm out of space at the moment though so a single test is
>>> controlling both uppercase boot text and forcing selection of the
>>> 40-column quit code as the 80-column quit code requires enhanced ROMs,
>>> 65c02, and a //e or newer keyboard.
>>>
>>> I'd like to see the 'nice' 80-column quit (Better-Bye) rewritten so it
>>> would work on ][, ][+, and un-enhanced //e, but that's a larger effort.
>>
>> I'd already done that a few years ago - my Quitter.System (written with
>> a friend, and he got permission from Randy Bird) includes a modified
>> Birds Better Bye which if I remember right works on a ][+. It added
>> several extra keys (e.g. to read the current drive again), and showed
>> two columns of files, still using 40-column mode.
>>
>> I don't have time to dig it out at the moment, but once I set up my IIgs
>> again I can refresh my memory.
>>
>> --
>> David Empson
>
> That would be great! Did it fit in $300 bytes like Bird's Better Bye?
>
> If so, my vote would be to dump the simple ProDOS quit option and go from 3 Quit selectors to two:
>  1) The GSOS quit
>  2) The universal Better Bye quit
>
> Doing this may also reduce the ProDOS file size by a block or two as a bonus.

That's the version that is on the ADTPro distribution disk's ProDOS 1.9 
code.  You could yank it from there.  Also:
http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/Mirrors/uni-kl/utilities/quitter.bsq

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ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-17 00:01 -0700
  Re: ProDOS 2.4 Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-08-17 17:53 -0500
    Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-17 22:43 -0700
      Re: ProDOS 2.4 dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-08-18 17:47 +1200
        Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-17 23:06 -0700
          Re: ProDOS 2.4 David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2016-08-18 07:16 -0400
            Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-18 07:24 -0700
              Re: ProDOS 2.4 dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-08-19 10:38 +1200
              Re: ProDOS 2.4 gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-08-18 22:33 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-08-19 14:05 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-09-05 19:42 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-05 22:12 -0500
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-06 00:05 -0500
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-09-06 08:40 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 09:37 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-09-06 13:26 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 14:08 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2016-09-07 03:23 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-09-07 13:37 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Kelvin Sherlock <email@domain.com> - 2016-09-07 20:11 -0400
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-09-07 19:33 -0500
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-09-07 17:18 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2016-09-08 01:37 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-09-08 08:49 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2016-09-09 02:57 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2016-09-09 06:06 -0400
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-09-09 08:29 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 sicklittlemonkey <nick.westgate@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 18:21 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2016-09-08 07:06 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-09-08 09:25 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2016-09-08 12:31 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2016-09-09 04:16 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2016-09-09 09:02 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 ol.sc@web.de (Oliver Schmidt) - 2016-09-11 12:56 +0000
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> - 2016-09-09 02:09 -0700
                Re: ProDOS 2.4 Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-09-07 19:33 -0500

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