Re: HD, ProDOS, & GS/OS

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

joreilly@smtp.dorsai.org (James OReilly) wrote:

>If I decide to get a hard disk and install GS/OS System 6.0.1 (I believe
>that's the lastest (& last?) version) on it, can I still boot ProDOS
>programs from the floppy drive?

Yes.

>If I boot up with nothing in the boot
>drive, does it boot from the hard disk, and if I boot up with a ProDOS
>application (like AppleWorks 5.1 for instance) in the boot drive, does it
>boot AppleWorks, say, from the floppy?

It depends which slot you install the hard drive.  If you install the hard
drive in slot 2 and choose "scan" from the control panel boot slot
option, the GS will first check the 3.5" floppy drive and if there is no
disk in the drive, it will boot the hard disk (typical Wintel behavior).

If you install the hard drive in slot 7, the hard drive always gets
booted.  If you want to boot from the floppy drive, just launch
BASIC.SYSTEM and do a PR#5...

>Come to think of it, if I install
>a hard drive, does the system recognize a floppy boot drive?

Yes.

>I ask this
>question, because I understand that although one can choose ProDOS under
>GS/OS, certain applications have problems running under the GS/OS
>implementation of ProDOS.

Mostly DOS 3.3 programs have the problem.  You can launch
AW5.1 by clicking the startup file...or even the PRODOS file on the
AW5.1 disk...