Re: Prodos Question (Update)

[bn171@freenet.hsc.colorado.edu (DavidA)]

In article <hinchlif-0610951344070001@vetmac24.murdoch.edu.au>,
hinchlif@numbat.murdoch.edu.au (Peter Hinchliffe) wrote:

> In article <DFuCqo.yG.0.sheppard@torfree.net>, bo144@torfree.net (David
> Arnett) wrote:
> 
> >    I should have checked all my disks before I asked the last question.  
> > I found a Prodos disk with Prodos 8 on it.  Now the question is, how can 
> > I format a new disk in Prodos 8?  When the disk boots, it goes on to load 
> > the program on it.  If I press CTRL-RESET, I end up in the monitor, and 
> > breaking out with CTRL-C won't let me enter any Prodos commands.  My 
> > system disk is the one with Prodos 1 on it.  Can I simply initialize a 
> > disk with the system utilities (under prodos 1) and then use the system 
> > utilities to copy Prodos 8 onto it?  Can I copy Prodos 8 onto the system 
> > utilities disk itself, so all future disks will format into Prodos 8?  
> >    I have never used Prodos before, except to run the programs on the 
> > disks, so any help would be appreciated.
> 

If the disk is your System Utilities that came with your computer, you can
Format a disk and copy ProDOS and a .SYSTEM file over.  If you want to use
the disk for BASIC, Copy BASIC.SYSTEM over to the disk along with ProDOS.

One note about the newer version of ProDOS, it handles dates beyond 1988 better.

Version 1.0.2 did not do so well with dates past Dec 31st, 1988.

The System disk should also have a selection that says "Exit to Basic System"