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Re: I just got a IIc.....HELP?
Edhel Iaur, Esq. <drsmooth@relex.com> wrote:
> On 1 Jan 1997 23:26:52 -0500, dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave
> Althoff) wrote:
>
> >Actually, under DOS 3.3, it is DOS that gets disconnected; and under
> >ProDOS, it is BASIC.SYSTEM that gets disconnected. Under DOS 3.3, you can
> >reconnect things with a CALL 1002; I think that under ProDOS you can just
> >hit <RESET>...or the CALL 1002 should also work under ProDOS, unless Apple
> >violated their own rules and moved that vector around. (It wouldn't
> >suprise me...).
>
> BASIC.SYSTEM's reconnection thingy is CALL 976
You can't use that inside a program, because it will end up on the BASIC
command line (it causes BASIC to be warm-started).
The CALL 1002 routine provided by DOS 3.3 (but not ProDOS) just restores
DOS's I/O hooks, and can be used inside a program.
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David Empson
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