Re: Need apple /// help

[lenny15@ix.netcom.com]

David Empson wrote:
> 
> Louis Schulman <louiss@gate.net> wrote:
> 
> > In <1dq40cz.10yi8mgfvgapaN@dempson.actrix.gen.nz>, dempson@actrix.gen.nz
> > (David Empson) writes:
> > >
> > >I can't see anything clear about this in the manuals, but it appears you
> > >are supposed to boot from the appropriate disk to run applications on
> > >that disk.  I didn't see any examples which implied there was a standard
> > >program selector, but I assume something sensible happens if you quit
> > >from the utilities.
> >
> > Wrong assumption.  Actually, the SOS has about the stupidest system for
> > changing drives in existence...you can't!  The current drive is always the
> > boot drive, which is always the internal floppy.  You can access DATA off
> > other drives.  If you want to run programs off other drives (like the
> > ProFile), they have to be installed with a special selector program.  That
> > program must be booted, and then you run the programs on the other drives
> > from its menu.
> 
> Oh ... my ... God !!
> 
> And I thought the "enter prefix" and "enter pathname" prompt of ProDOS
> 1.0 through 1.8 was bad.
> 
> > There were two main selector programs available, one by Quark
> 
> Was this Catalyst, by any chance?  I've heard of this on the Apple II,
> but never encountered it on either system.
> 
Quark "Catalyst" was a very popular HD selector program for the
 Apple III. I have a couple of sets of it. On the other hand, I never
saw it for the Apple II! Anyway, BOS is the BEST selector program for
the Apple III!
John Woodall
lenny15@ix.netcom.com
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