brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby) (05/19/89)
I've been having some problems with the quit code of programs like BinSCII1.0.3 and II+UnShrinkIt1.0. It seems that *sometimes* I can put in a new volume and execute BASIC.SYSTEM, and sometimes ProDOS stubbornly refuses to turn on the access LED and look at the new floppy. It usually checks one drive, sometimes both when it likes me. What is the problem here? Is it the fault of the application programmer? Isn't the quit code part of ProDOS? or do some applications replace it with their own? Is there anything special I can do to force a check of online volumes, or do I continue to power down to quit a program? I'm running ProDOS 8 v1.2 on a 64K Plus clone with the TransWarp Accelerator (wow) and two 5.25 floppies (yeck). What's the latest ProDOS 8 version anyway? Brian Willoughby ...!uw-beaver!microsoft!brianw brianw@microsoft.UUCP
dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) (05/19/89)
In article <5755@microsoft.UUCP> brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby) writes: >I've been having some problems with the quit code of programs like >BinSCII1.0.3 and II+UnShrinkIt1.0. It seems that *sometimes* I can put >in a new volume and execute BASIC.SYSTEM, and sometimes ProDOS >stubbornly refuses to turn on the access LED and look at the new floppy. >It usually checks one drive, sometimes both when it likes me. > >What is the problem here? Is it the fault of the application programmer? >Isn't the quit code part of ProDOS? It sounds very much like the application's fault. If any file is left open on a disk, ProDOS intentionally refuses to look for a different disk in the drive that is supposed to still contain the disk with an open file on it. Applications should always close all open files before QUITting. >What's the latest ProDOS 8 version anyway? ProDOS 8 1.7 is current; it's on GS System Disk 4.0 as the P8 file inside the System folder. I don't remember whether it's also on Apple II System Disk 3.1 (not GS System Disk 3.1). >Brian Willoughby >...!uw-beaver!microsoft!brianw brianw@microsoft.UUCP --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.