Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!microsoft!brianw From: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: ProDOS Quit code refuses to acknowledge a new volume Summary: Put a new floppy in and POOF, Quit code never accesses drive to see new volume Message-ID: <5755@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 18 May 89 23:19:38 GMT References: <8905151324.aa29149@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Reply-To: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby) Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 18 I've been having some problems with the quit code of programs like BinSCII1.0.3 and II+UnShrinkIt1.0. It seems that *sometimes* I can put in a new volume and execute BASIC.SYSTEM, and sometimes ProDOS stubbornly refuses to turn on the access LED and look at the new floppy. It usually checks one drive, sometimes both when it likes me. What is the problem here? Is it the fault of the application programmer? Isn't the quit code part of ProDOS? or do some applications replace it with their own? Is there anything special I can do to force a check of online volumes, or do I continue to power down to quit a program? I'm running ProDOS 8 v1.2 on a 64K Plus clone with the TransWarp Accelerator (wow) and two 5.25 floppies (yeck). What's the latest ProDOS 8 version anyway? Brian Willoughby ...!uw-beaver!microsoft!brianw brianw@microsoft.UUCP