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Re: BOOT?
In article <hfk14tsd48v8t8otpjeu85092mtnddrfjq@news.newsguy.com>,
Paul Guertin <pg@sff.net> wrote:
> pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
>
>> David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> There is absolutely no restriction as to where the PRODOS file is
>>> located on the disk,
>>
>> Well, aren't there at least SOME restrictions? Try to store the
>> PRODOS file over the boot sector or the root directory for instance....
>
> And I bet it doesn't work if you print a hexdump of the file and
> stick it over the disk label, either.
:-) .... well if the disk drive was equipped with a scanner, OCR
software, and a hex file loader, it could actually work! Access time
would be quite slow though... :-)))))
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