Re: Harddrive on a II+???

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Paul Grammens <pgrammen@sonic.net> wrote:

> David Empson wrote:
> 
> > The improved "quit" program selector in ProDOS-8 1.9 requires a IIe with
> > an 80-column card, so you will be limited to the old "type in the prefix
> > and pathname" quit code on a ][+.  You can avoid this by using a
> > third-party program selector which replaces the quit code with something
> > more usable.
> >
> 
> Do you (or anyone else) know of any such programs that will work with a
> II+?

Well I don't like to blow my own trumpet, but there is my QUITTER
program (freeware), usually renamed as QUITTER.SYSTEM and arranged to be
the first .SYSTEM file, so it is launched first at boot time.

QUITTER includes my improved version of Alan Bird's "Birds Better Bye",
which is a replacement for the standard ProDOS-8 quit code.

My improvements include displaying two columns of files (30 in total),
and a keypress to rescan the current drive (or hop back to the root
directory).

The only issue I can think of about using it on a II+ is the key
assignments: "select next volume" is the TAB key, for which you would
have to press Ctrl-I on the II+.  It still supports the left and right
arrow for moving between files.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand