Re: Apple II LocalTalk Card

[bobryan9@my-deja.com]

In article <8jqkdg$sks$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  dre80@my-deja.com wrote:
> but I have very limited experience with ProDOS.  I've used DOS 3.3
much
> more.  This may seem incredibly stupid to ask, but how do you start a
> ProDOS program?  It obviously isn't the LOAD and RUN from DOS 3.3....
>
> Thanks!
>

I don't know how the Workstation card works with Prodos.  I have
several of the cards but I've never plugged them in.  I have a question
for people who've used the WS card:  Can you type in commands at the
regular prompt, and retrieve (LOAD) files from the Macintosh server?
Or is there a special 'program retriever' file that you have to go
through to get files from the server?

ProDOS is very similar to DOS3.3

DOS3.3   ProDOS
LOAD-----LOAD
RUN------RUN
SAVE-----SAVE
DELETE---DELETE

The commands are the same.  You can add options to a PRODOS command and
change how a command works.

For example, you can SAVE a file as a different type.

Another neat feature with ProDOS is the - command.  It is a "universal
RUN" command.

-HELLO   (if hello is an applesoft program, it will RUN it)
-BASIC.SYS  (this will startup the BASIC.SYS file)
-ASSEMBLY.OBJ (this will BRUN a binary executable)

Bob


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