It updates ProDOS, the last version of which, 2.0.3, was released in 1993.

Further, the release includes a number of new features, wrap-in programs, and bug fixes.

All of the above can fit into a single 140k 5.25-inch disk image.

39 Year Old Apple II Gets Another OS Update After 23 Years

Bitsy Bye is an example of highly efficient code: it runs in less than 1 kilobyte of RAM.

Theres also a boot utility that is under 400 bytestaking up a single block of storage on a disk.

The complete list of improvements, additions and fixes is on theInternet Archive page.

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you might download the release, or boot it in an emulator on the webpage.

Source:Arstechnica

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