Current version: 5.2.1
Shareware: $10
Requires System 6.0 or later to configure and any version of GS/OS, ProDOS 8, or ProDOS 16 to use
ProBOOT is the ultimate system
startup utility. Once installed, holding down the Apple key
when your computer starts up or reboots presents a screen
that provides incredible power to configure your system
startup:
- Choose to boot from any slot or port in the system --
even slots that are currently switched out in the control
panel!
- Boot from drives connected to your PC Transporter
card!
- Configure a different default system speed for each
drive, to automatically be selected when you boot that
drive!
- Supports unaccelerated Apple IIgs systems, as well as
systems with ZipGS or TransWarp GS cards!
- Easy-to-use installation and configuration utility!
- Finder Extension makes it easy to configure a restart
within the Finder!
- Protocol for other applications to control system restarts!
The easy-to-use graphical interface provided by the installer lets you install and configure ProBOOT for your system. ProBOOT automatically detects what types of drives you have connected, and configures itself automatically, but you can customize the configuration to your heart's content.
Configuring ProBOOT.
Give each device a name, toggle on and off bootability,
specify what system speed to use when booting the slot,
including your ZipGS speed, if you have one.
When you hold down the Apple key
on startup, you get this screen.
At startup, you can stick with the default settings, or you can hold down the option key when choosing a drive to boot and change the speed setting before starting up.
There is also a key that lets you pop into Applesoft!
There's also ProBOOT - The Finder Extension, which makes it
easy to control reboots right from the comfort of the
Finder.
Reboot in style!