Re: Sweet16 and GS/OS Booting

[Sheppy <the.sheppy@gmail.com>]

On Sep 14, 8:50 pm, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> > The ProDOS file awaits the boot slot number in $7F8 which it does not
> > get when started from P8/BI
>
> This is the main issue: the PRODOS file depends on information left by
> the boot block to identify which slot it booted from. I don't recall the
> details (I thought it was a zero page variable.)
>
> Launching a PRODOS file via the BASIC.SYSTEM "-" command tends to work
> on a real IIgs, because the ProDOS block drivers happen to leave the
> right value in the appropriate locations. Perhaps the Sweet16 drivers
> aren't doing the same thing.

This is almost certainly the issue. I will look at addressing this in
a Sweet16 update soon.

Sheppy