Re: Big Mac Attack

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

RUBYWAND (rubywand@aol.com) wrote:
: In article <4qt33c$ijv@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
: dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) writes:

: >.... (who thinks it would be nice to have an Applesoft-environment CLI
: for
: >GS/OS.  In other words, I want BASIC.SYS16 so that I can access HFS
: >volumes from Applesoft...)

:      It would be very nice to have an in-ROM or in-FlashRAM GS BASIC which
: could save, load, move, copy, etc. files via BASIC or typed-in commands
: from a prompt. Naturally, we would also want the new BASIC to handle
: super-res graphics, play GS sounds, and otherwise supply a good interface
: to GS capabilities.   

That may be...but I'd settle for standard text-mode Applesoft with a
command handler for GS/OS instead of for ProDOS-8.  I realize that sounds
strange...but the main point is access to the GS/OS FST's via Applesoft
programs, using standard ProDOS commands.  Sure, you could come up with an
enhanced GS-BASIC version with easy access to all the nice GS stuff, but
would it be compatible with Applesoft ][ tokens and syntax?  For all of
its faults and limitations, Applesoft is a really nice BASIC interpreter,
and I have lots of stuff written in it.  What is really annoying is that I
can't use the nice features of GS/OS when I'm using BASIC.SYSTEM on my GS.
 For instance, I can't read data stored on a DOS 3.3 disk.  I can't use
half of my CDA's 'cause P8 overrides GS/OS.  Stuff like that.  For most of
my BASIC programming, I couldn't care less about SHR graphics and Ensoniq
sound.  

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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