RE: The "small" ProDOS caps-lock key patch 

I =love= this patch. I saw it posted by Mark Miller back in '94 and 
saved his original post. I've been using it without a hint of a problem 
since then. Here it is in its entirety. 

Category 9, Topic 6 Message 412 Tue Mar 08, 1994 M.MILLER31 at 01:07 EST 


I first thought to post this in A2Pro, however, now I suspect that this 
may be of interest to most A2 readers, too. 

After a little snooping in System 6.0.1, I came up with this simple and 
sneaky patch. 

The following patch will allow IIgs users to boot into ProDOS 8 by 
pressing the <CAPS LOCK> key down, as opposed to holding the '8' key 
down. If the <CAPS LOCK> key is up, the IIgs will boot the system start 
file (i.e., the Finder in most cases). 

Using ProSel-16 or some other block editor, make the following 
modifications to the ProDOS boot file (NOT P8): 

Offset Was Now ------ ------ ------ $42A: $00 $25 $42D: $FF $04 $430: 
$B8 $04 

Please enjoy the yums! 

Mark Miller "Why for you bury me in the cold, cold ground?"