Re: Applesoft Basic

[sheercon <sheercon@earthlink.net>]

David Empson wrote:

> LFessen106 <lfessen106@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > >Would anyone know the command for showing the contents of a disk with
> > >Applesoft? I thought it was catalog, but it's not...
> >
> > Brian, actually, it is, but you must first have a DOS..   DOS 3.3 is catalog,
> > and Prodos is either CATALOG or CAT.
>
> Well, strictly speaking, DOS 3.3 is CATALOG.  If you tried to use
> "catalog", you would get a syntax error.
>
> DOS 3.3 is case sensitive, and all DOS commands must be entered in upper
> case.  ProDOS (BASIC.SYSTEM) isn't case sensitive, but Applesoft BASIC
> itself is on a II+ or unenhanced IIe.
>
> All case problems go away when you use BASIC.SYSTEM on a IIgs, IIc or
> enhanced IIe.
>
> --
> David Empson
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz
> Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

Actually, I was trying the, "CAT" command on an Apple III via it's Apple IIe
emulation mode. It kept getting, "Syntax error". This looked like a basic prompt to
me so I wrote a quick basic program saying my name 10 times on the screen and that
worked fine. For some reason the disk commands just don't work...

Thanks,
Brian