Re: BRUN HELLO (was Re: Appl //c Basic)

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@coli.uni-sb.de> wrote:

> Mark Cummings wrote:
> 
> > The procedure for INITing DOS 3.3 disks  normally uses "HELLO" as the
> > default.
> 
> A related thing, is thery any simple patch to DOS 3.3 to get it to
> BRUN HELLO instead of RUNning HELLO?

Yes.  A single byte patch will change the command used by DOS 3.3 to run
the startup program.  I probably have it in my '80s era notebook
(searching...)

According to my notes, set location 9E42 to 34 for a binary HELLO
program (BRUN), or 14 for a text file (EXEC), then initialize the target
disk.

(This could also be patched after the fact with a sector editor, if you
can work out which sector contains page $9E.)