Re: Apple //e shell?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

me2@nowhere.org (Bart) wrote:

>I have a //e with a Focus on it running PRODOS 8 2.0.3. every now and then 
>(and I cannot get it to repeat consistently) it will drop into what looks like

>a shell when I type BYE.  TAB to change drives, arrow for files and enter to 
>launch or change directory.  WHat is this?  How to get to it consistently?  I 
>know I am asking a dumb question but,...??

It is the program selector and you get to it by typing BYE at
the BASIC prompt.  In order to automatically get to it every
time you start the computer, you'd have to write a little BASIC
program:

10 ? CHR$(4);"BYE"

Then you'd save the program as STARTUP.

However, make sure to RENAME your current STARTUP program
to something else first otherwise you'd end up overwriting it.