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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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