AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") (04/17/88)
>Date: Wed, 13 Apr 88 16:48:23 GMT >Reply-To: Info-Apple@BRL.ARPA >From: "Larry W. Virden" <osu-cis!n8emr!lwv@TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU> >Subject: New ProDos 16 >Just got my new APDA catalog last nite - sure wasnt much new for the IIgs >in there - a few books was about all. The one thing that DID catch my eye, >and caused me to be very grouchy, was that Apple has updated Prodos 16, but >is still calling the system disk 3.1. The new prodos 16 has I believe 3 or >4 new system calls, adds several new features with these calls (no, I dont >remember the details and the catalog is at home - I am sure SOMEONE will >tell us the specifics) and has been available for a week or so. >Larry W. Virden 75046,606 (CIS) >674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 >osu-cis!n8emr!lwv (UUCP) osu-cis!n8emr!lwv@PSUVAX1 (BITNET) Actually, those "NEW" P16 calls are the same ones that were new with the original issue of System Disk 3.1--"D_INFO", "GET_DIR_ENTRY", and "ERASE_DISK". They are *not* newly "new". The way I read the description, there may be new toolset versions on there-- but why they didn't change the version number on the disk is beyond me. --David A. Lyons a.k.a. DAL Systems PO Box 287 | North Liberty, IA 52317 BITNET: AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS CompuServe: 72177,3233 GEnie mail: D.LYONS2