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From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ProDOS 8 v1.9 QUIT call
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.040543.3345@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 5 Mar 91 04:05:43 GMT
References: <1991Mar4.165235.9235@news.iastate.edu>
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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gvrod@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (R Eldridge, VAX Systems) writes:

>ProDOS 8 Technical Note #23: ProDOS 8 Changes and Minutia, September 1990 says
> 
>  o  New selector and dispatcher code was added for machines with 80 
>     columns.  The old code is still present for machines without 80-
>     column capability.
> 
>However, no examples of *how* to make an enhanced QUIT call were given.
>Can anyone tell me how to make enhanced QUIT calls? Can I specify which
>file is to be selected and executed upon QUITting?

Whoa. There's a difference. The new quit CODE they are talking about is a
menu based program selector to replace the infamous 'enter prefix or return
to accept' quit code. I spit on Apple's quit code because it actually requires
128K so it can hide somewhere in the back of the machine, while I was able to
write a 40 column any-apple quit code that does more than Apple's without
requiring any extra memory.

The enhanced quit CALL is something that is only available on a GS after you
have booted GS/OS and run a P8 program.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu