captkidd@athena.mit.edu (Ivan M Cavero) (08/11/88)
In article <8808090328.aa01328@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> A1T@ECL.PSU.EDU (Andy) writes: > [ much stuff deleted ] > >About quitting: No, I don't want to use a shell like ECP or davex. That's > just as inconvenient as the 'enter prefix > because I only have one drive here, the built-in, and i'd have to switch > disks. I'm not a fan of switching disks (the main reason I want to use the > /ram volume). By what you say above, Andy, I assume you'd keep the shell in another disk due to disk space limitations. Have you tried, however, those modified quit routines for ProDOS 8 lying around (NOT shells)? I found a couple, one in Applied Engineering's DataLinker disk (the term pgm that comes with their modem), the other in Beagle's Timeout SuperFonts. They replace the normal ProDOS quit code ('enter prefix') with a menu of sys files and subdirectories and allow you to navigate between directories and launch sys files (basically all you need). In my GS I use a pgm like P8CDA, which loads desk accessories, looks for a sys file, and if it doesnt, quits to ProDOS. This drops me into the menu upon bootup. In your case (I assume 'internal drive' means you have a //c), I'd just put a basic.system with a startup program that simply does a ?CHR$(4)"BYE". That should work fine and doesn't take any additional space, since you already must have basic.system to run kermit. Of course, Im sure a short sys pgm that all it did was a ProDOS MLI quit call would do the trick too. > Andy Ivan Cavero | My first posting. Been listening | in for a while and enjoying it. email:captkidd@athena.mit.edu