Edhel Iaur, Esq. writes ...

> ....
> 
> I've heard of Diversa-DOS, Pronto DOS, Amdos, David DOS, and PIG-DOS,
> but I've never heard of "ESDOS ][".  What are the mods on that one?
>

     ESDOS ][ is a modified version of Beagle's Prontodos and, so, it is
much faster than regular DOS 3.3 and allows using the sectors which DOS
3.3 wastes. The mods include ...

 1. The current version ESDOS ][ CATALOG shows Vol, number of Tracks,
and number of Free Sectors. For example, the CATALOG heading for a
typical newly INITed diskette with no HELLO program would be ...


 ESDOS ][

 VOL254   035 TRACKS   511 FREE SECTORS


 2. ESDOS ][ fixes a DOS CATALOG bug related to very large files

 3. To make it easier to get CATALOG printouts, CATALOG does not
automatically pause for a full screen. To stop/start scrolling you press
a key.

 4. Some DOS error messages are shortened

 5. ESDOS ][ permits use of the semi-colon as a trailing wildcard
character. For example, LOAD JOY; will try to load the first file it
finds in the CATALOG list which has a name beginning with "JOY" (e.g.
the file JOYSTICK CHECKER).


     ESDOS ][ can be found on disk in U4MOCKV2.SHK (the Ultima IV
Mockingboard-on-GS stuff) at

http://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/Collections/1WSW

and  

http://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/Collections/AOL/Games/Adv./Roleplay   

     Just unShrink U4MOCKV2.SHK; and, then, unShrink U4MB.INST.SDK to
5.25" diskette using ShrinkIt. To create more ESDOS diskettes you can
boot the diskette and use the HELLO program's [I]NIT option or exit
HELLO and enter the usual INIT command.


Rubywand