Re: trying to get an Apple II GS going for fun...

[wizard@direct.ca (Astro)]

On Tue, 18 May 1999 08:15:00 +1000, mfumu@alphalink.com.au (Bill
Robbins) wrote:

>In article <373fbb6c.49307585@news.direct.ca>, wizard@direct.ca (Astro) wrote:

>> When you are at the ProDOS command line and you "CATALOG" and there
>> are folders in the CATALOG, how do you enter the folder... 

>There is a "PREFIX" command for this purpose.
>Type: PREFIX SUBDIRECTORYNAME<RETURN>
>and then CATALOG to find out what's in that directory.  

Excellent!

>You can change disks by prefixing the subdirectory name with a slash as in:
>PREFIX /SECONDDISK<RETURN>
>And you can go directly to a subdirectory within a different disk from the
>current one in this way.
>PREFIX /ANOTHERDISK/ANOTHERSUBDIRECTORY<RETURN>

Do you mean change disks as in separate drives, or 2 disks in the same
drive?

Actually, that is an excellent issue: can you access more than 1 drive
from the ProDOS command line? Or does the system only recognize the
boot drive [whichever it might happened to have been]. I have external
5.25" and 3.5" drives daisy-chained. 


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