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From: Les_Ferch.@MTSG.UBC.CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: IIgs Software Reboot
Message-ID: <1960244@mtsg.ubc.ca>
Date: 15 Dec 89 15:58:32 GMT
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>The world does not need any more Apple II applications that require you to
>reboot when you're done using them.  Those compatibility guidelines aren't
>there just to annoy developers.
 
I completely agree.  The reason I was looking for reboot code is to write a
program or programs that will automatically (and hopefully properly) switch
my operating environment on my hard drive between plain ProDOS 8 and GS/OS.
 
The idea is to have the GSOS "ProDOS" file and the "P8" file on the root
directory along with my reboot program(s).  To go from GSOS to ProDOS 8
only, the reboot program would rename "ProDOS" to "GSOS" and "P8" to "ProDOS"
and then reboot or do an OS Shutdown call.  To go from ProDOS 8 to GSOS, just
basically reverse the process.  This is what I've been doing by hand whenever
I've wanted to switch between a ProDOS 8 environment and a GSOS environment,
but I just want to make it automatic.  I know you can run ProDOS 8 software
from GSOS, but if I'm working on a ProDOS 8 only program and hanging or
crashing the system a lot, I'd rather not wait for GSOS to boot each time.
Anyhow, if there is a better way to go about this, I'm listening.
 
PS. I'm diligently reading TN #49 now, thanks.