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From: mdavis@pro-sol.cts.COM (Morgan Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: AE Pro
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Date: 29 Mar 88 15:16:40 GMT
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Tom Metro (tmetro@pro-angmar) writes:
> Does anyone know what the "USII.BDOS" file is used for on the Ascii Express
> (ProDOS) disk?
> ..
> I do recall losing my parameter settings once when I ran Copy ][+'s
> "fix the file lengths" on my DOS 3.3 version.  It scrunched the USII.BDOS
> file way down.

The BDOS file for AE Pro contains a database of BIOS drivers (BIOS = Basic
Input/Output System).  These are actually a collection of drivers for
different modem and hardware configurations, and they're used only when
running the INSTALL portion of AE Pro.  INSTALL copies the correct BIOS
entries from this file into AE Pro proper so that they will be resident when
you run the program.  This is why you can move the BDOS file elsewhere as long
as you won't be using the INSTALL portion.

I seriously discourage modifying this file (in either the DOS 3.3 or ProDOS
versions).  Doing so would mean that INSTALL could fail to configure your AE
Pro correctly for some configurations.

--Morgan Davis
  United Software Industries, Inc.

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