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Re: Apple IIe help



In article <19990901012905.25822.00002978@ng-fg1.aol.com>,
Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
>Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
>>Kirk writes ...
>>> If I put the DOS disk in drive 1 and get to the ] prompt what is the syntax
>>> to list and run files on floppy drive 2?
>>
>>CATALOG,D2
>
>Don't forget that "the DOS" could be ProDOS.  If so, the
>CATALOG command would produce kind of a jumbled
>directory...

Shortening the command to CAT will produce a listing formatted for the
40-column screen.  It doesn't have all the info that's in the 80-column
listing, but it's enough (name, filetype, size, modified date, and whether
it's locked, IIRC).

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