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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: ProDOS v1.9
Message-ID: <34610@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 9 Sep 89 02:09:19 GMT
References: <8909070837.AA12730@trout.nosc.mil> <1572@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1572@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US> toth@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US (Joseph G. Toth Jr.) writes:
>[...]
>When you are at the BYE prompt that asks for a filename (or in any, I think,
>program selector), you can specify 'basic.system <filename>'.  BASIC.SYSTEM
>will then perform a '-<filename>' operation to run whatever type of file it
>is (Applesoft Basic, BIN file, EXEC text file). [...]

BASIC.SYSTEM has the capability you describe (accepts a startup path specifying
what to execute in place of STARTUP), but the built-in ProDOS "enter prefix"
and "enter pathname" jobber won't even let you type a Space (it just beeps).
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