Re: How should I start 8-programs?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5cj283$178@nntp.hut.fi>, Paul Dunkel <pdunkel@cc.hut.fi> wrote:
>Some wizard emailed me and said it will work if I put some ProDos
>2.0.3. in the system file... Is it or is it not working? I haven't fot
>the ProDos yet.

   Manually copying around parts of the system software blindly can
cause a *lot* of trouble. For the record, here's the full story on
this:

- Each version of ProDOS 16 and GS/OS have had an associated version
of ProDOS 8. That copy of ProDOS 8 should be placed in the file
'*/system/p8' (*=boot volume), where it'll be automatically run when
needed.

- Attempting to use the wrong version of ProDOS 8 will not work.
The version for System 6.0 is different than that for 6.0.1.

- The correct version of ProDOS 8 is installed by the GS/OS or ProDOS
16 setup program. Use it if you're not sure which version of the
system software you've got, or the like.

Nathan Mates
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