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From: muller@Alliant.COM (Jim Muller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 question
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Date: 14 Mar 90 22:45:23 GMT
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It has been a while since I did much 3.3 stuff, but if I remember right...

DOS3.3 does not run HELLO per se as the startup program.  If you
initilize (format) the disk by giving it some other name (you do that
with INIT <filename> don't you?) it looks for whatever filename was used.
At some later time, you can modify the HELLO program, but I don't know
what happens if you just rename HELLO.  If you create a file named HELLO
on a disk that was initilized with another name, HELLO will not be the
startup program.  HELLO is not a required startup name, but is only
recommended (or was, anyway) by Apple so as to provide some standard.
-- 
    - Jim Muller