User`s guide

provides much faster disk I/O than standard DOS 3.3. ProDOS is a whole new disk
operating system. To get ProDOS from the net, see Csa21MAIN4: Get It- Links to
popular software packages.
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025- What are ProDOS's major features?
ProDOS has lots of nice features-- mainly, you can create sub- directories,
diskettes ("volumes") can be named, and ProDOS works well on hard disks. The GS
System 6 Finder can handle ProDOS files and launch programs from ProDOS
diskettes. ProDOS's BASIC command interpreter shares many commands with DOS 3.3,
too; so, it is not difficult for DOS 3.3 users to get started with the newer
operating system.
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From: David Empson
026- Which Apple II's can run which versions of ProDOS?
Apple II's from an Apple II+ with 64k RAM through the IIgs can run versions
of ProDOS up through version 1.9 and run Applesoft BASIC programs under these
versions.
An older Apple II (with Integer BASIC in ROM) or any Apple II with less
than 64k RAM can run ProDOS 1.0 or 1.0.1 but can not use the ProDOS BASIC
interpreter (BASIC.SYSTEM). This is not a very useful setup as there are few
applications that will work in this environment.
Versions 2.x.x of ProDOS require an Apple II equipped with a 65C02, 65C802,
or 65C816 such as an Apple IIe-enhanced, //c, IIc+, or IIgs. The current ProDOS
is version 2.0.3.
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From: Rubywand
027- How can I create bootable ProDOS diskettes?
Creating bootable ProDOS diskettes is more bother than creating bootable
DOS 3.3 diskettes because ProDOS does not have any way to duplicate itself from
memory-- i.e., it has no INIT command.
One way to make a new bootable ProDOS diskette is to first use Apple's
ProDOS FILER utility or a ProDOS version of Copy II+ to FORMAT a diskette for
ProDOS. This creates tracks filled with blank blocks so that the diskette can be
used to hold ProDOS files. It also writes boot startup code in Blocks 0 and 1 on
Track 0.
ProDOS is in a file on a bootable ProDOS disk and so, usually, is the
ProDOS 'connection' to BASIC, named "BASIC.SYSTEM". To finish the job you copy
BASIC.SYSTEM and PRODOS from some bootable ProDOS disk to the new diskette.