Re: A new idea for GS programmer

[stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)]

In article <1992Nov4.204231.26006@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> "Volker Herrmann" <CD46@DKAUNI2.BITNET> writes:
>Hi,
>there is another way to put Modulae etc. on a hard disk. All you need
>is a Ramfast SCSI.
>Make one or two (or as many as you like) HD partitions each sized 800K.
>Then copy the 3.5" disk
>on the partition and reboot. While rebooting you have to press the
>appropriate keypad key. Supposed your 800K partition is the third one
>then you have to press the '3' on the keypad.

	This is true to some degree.  This will work if the program
uses ProDOS 8, ProDOS 16, or GS/OS, and it can't be protected.  I'm
pretty sure Modulae won't work because of it's low level disk drive
access.  Also, if the launching program checks for slot five, you are
out of luck.  Although, if you physically move the RF to slot five,
you might be able to defeat that check, as the boot partition goes to
whatever slot the RF is in.

>This works fine for all I know (and purchased!) or my friends told me.
>Think of the boot times for Test Drive II - put it on the 800K partition
>and it boots in a few seconds!

	TD2 is cool off of an 800k partition.  The old CinemaWare
stuff is pretty nice with 2 800k partitions and an accelerator...




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