PRODOS 3.0.1 RELEASE 06-JUN-17 IS A
DERIVED WORK BASED ON PRODOS 2.0.3. IT
IS INTENDED TO RUN ON ALL THE APPLE II
SERIES OF COMPUTERS. THOUGH IS WAS NOT
SPECIFICALLY CODED AND TESTED ON THE
APPLE CLONES, IT TOO SHOULD RUN ON
MOST OF THESE.

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 RELEASE INFORMATION
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OTHER VERSIONS OF PRODOS HAVE BEEN
RELEASED SINCE VERSION 2.0.3. AS APPLES
LAST RELEASED VERSION, WE ADHERED AS
CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE SAME DESIGN.
PRODOS 2.0.3 WAS NOT INTENDED TO RUN ON
THE 6502 MICROPROCESSOR. CARE WAS TAKEN
TO MAKE SURE ALL CODE WOULD WORK WITH
THE 6502 INSTRUCTION SET. CODE THAT WAS
SPECIFIC TO THE 65C816 WAS LEFT IN 
PLACE SO IIGS SUPPORT REMAINS THE SAME.

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 CHANGES IN IN THIS VERSION
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PRODOS 2.0.3 WAS DESIGNED TO USE THE
ENHANCED IIE ROM SET AND 80 COLUMNS.
THERE ARE SOME NOTABLE CHANGES IN
APPEARANCE. PRODOS 3.0.1 RUNS IN A 40
COLUMN DISPLAY. THE ENHANCED APPLE II
ROM ICONS INDICATING FOLDERS HAVE BEEN
REPLACED WITH A SIMPLE +.

PRODOS 3.0.1 ADHERES MORE CLOSELY TO
PRODOS 2.0.3 THAN DO OTHER THIRD PARTY
RELEASES. BY DEFAULT, ONLY FOLDERS AND
SYSTEM FILES ARE SHOWN LIKE VERSION
2.0.3

THE 40-COLUMN DISPLAY IS SPLIT INTO TWO
PARTS. THE LEFT PART LISTS PRODOS FILE
INFORMATION. THE RIGHT PART PROVIDES
ADDITION INFORMATION SUCH AS THE SLOT
AND DRIVE.

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 NEW COMMANDS
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1-7: ENTERING ONE OF THESE NUMBERS WILL
TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE SPECIFIED SLOT
AND SEARCH FOR A DEVICE. IF THE SAME
NUMBER IS SELECTED AGAIN IN WILL LOOP
THROUGH THE DEVICES ASSIGNED TO THE
SLOT
A-Z: ENTERING ONE OF THESE LETTER WILL
SELECT EITHER THE FIRST MATCHING SYSTEM
FILE OF THE FIRST MATCHING FOLDER. IF
THE SAME LETTER IS SELECTED AGAIN IT
WILL FIND THE NEXT MATCH AND LOOP
THROUGH THE LIST.

*: THE ASTERISK TOGGLES THE DISPLAYS
MODES. SELECTING THE * WILL CAUSE THE
VOLUME TO BE RE-READ AND WILL DISPLAY
ALL OF THE FILES ON THE VOLUME. THIS
WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANGES TO THE
PATHNAME AND DEVICES UNTIL THE * IS
PRESSED AGAIN WHICH WILL TOGGLE IT
BACK TO THE NORMAL PRODOS DISPLAY.

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 FINAL NOTES
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PRODOS 3.0.1 IS INTENDED TO BE USED BY
ALL WHO WOULD ENJOY THIS RELEASE. IT IS
NOT INTENDED AS COMPETITION TO THIRD
PARTY RELEASES. IT SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE
WITH ALL PRODOS RELEASES USING APPLES
BOOT SECTORS.

THIS VERSION WAS ASSEMBLED USING MERLIN
2.58 ON AN APPLE IIE. THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANT CODE CHANGES TO THE DEVSRCH
AND MEMMGR SECTION OF CODE. THE PROLDR
IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS VERSION
2.0.3. LIKE PRODOS 2.4.1 THE GS/OS CODE
HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE END OF THE
ASSEMBLY. THE GS/OS VERSIONS WERE
COMPILED USING MERLIN 816 ON AN APPLE
IIGS.
PRODOS 2.0.3 COPYRIGHT APPLE COMPUTER
INC. 1983-1993 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

PRODOS 2.4.1 BY J. BROOKS AND P.FERRIE

MERLIN 2.58 & MERLIN 8/16  GLEN BREDON
