Re: How to make an Applesoft Basic program Brun-able

[Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co>]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012, bpiltz@gmail.com wrote:

> I've searched to no avail, and am wondering if anyone can tell me a 
> nifty way or provide the code to append to an Applesoft file to make it 
> a self-executable BINary file. I remember reading that there is a way, 
> but after 20+ years have forgotten that magical code. The reason is that 
> I want to make self-contained Basic files which will execute from 
> Beautiful Boot, and other similar binary-loading programs. I know 
> location $801 has be modified, and probably location 64 also, but how to 
> sandwitch the machine language code together with the tokenized 
> Applesoft code?
>
> I'm NOT talking about an Applesoft compiler!
You'll need to set the beginning-of-program, end-of-program and LOMEM 
manually, then call the RUN function.  I'd have to look up the specific 
addresses.

I would put the function to do so immediately after the code, with a JMP 
to it at $07FD.

-uso.