Re: EXIT command in BASIC...

[Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.invalid.za>]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:00:16 +1200, David Empson wrote:

> Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.invalid.za> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 23:57:24 +1200, David Empson wrote:
>>
>> > If you want to return to the ProDOS program selector (or whichever
>> > third-party program selector you might have installed) then use the BYE
>> > command:
>> >
>> > 10 PRINT CHR$(4);"BYE"
>> >
>> > (Note that this command isn't available in BASIC.SYSTEM version 1.0,
>> > only in 1.1 and later.)
>>
>> Did the 'BYE' command come from Beagle Bros.?
>
> No, it was supplied by Apple, and is built into BASIC.SYSTEM 1.1 and
> later.
>
>> I seem to remember 'Bird's Better Bye' from Alan Bird?
>
> That was an improved program selector which replaced the "quit" handler
> in the ProDOS kernel (the "enter prefix" and "enter pathname" prompt).
> One version of Birds Better Bye was distributed in the copy of ProDOS
> included on the AppleWorks 3.0 disk (and presumably on later versions).
>
> I made several improvements to Birds Better Bye (with help from a friend
> and permission from Alan Bird), and I distributed it as a freeware
> program called QUITTER.SYSTEM (or just QUITTER), which provides a front
> end that lets you boot a disk, or install my improved Birds Better Bye
> into the in-memory copy of ProDOS and activate it.

Can I get a copy of your BBB or has it been superceded?

>
> The main enhancements I made to BBB were displaying two columns of
> filenames instead of one, and adding a key to rescan the current volume.

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