Re: dos 3.3

[dcross1@nospam.home.com (David Cross)]

In article <6tumgm$qho$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, dalthoff@capital.edu says...

>Consider that DOS 3.3 is entirely memory-resident, and that almost all Apple
>]['s running today have 48k of base memory[Footnote 1].  So one could
>technically *key in* DOS 3.3 to its final location.  Then, simply call the
>DOS warmstart routine at $9DBF to get it hooked in, execute an FP command to
>reset HIMEM:, and one would be off and running.  Just INIT a new disk, and
>PRESTO! you have a bootable DOS 3.3 disk.
>
>Of course, that is silly.  Who would want to *type in* 9k of hex code?

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Another idea, for those who have Integer-only Apples, would be to set your file 
up to use the mini-assembler. ;-)

I had a source-code generator once that would generate code from a Monitor 
disassembly listing that would effectively create code you could EXEC into the 
Mini-Assembler.

Now that would be cool just to say you did it.. "I assembled DOS 3.3 from 
scratch using a null-modem connection!"