Single load - OK, this is what it all boils down to

[lyricalnanoha <lyricalnanoha@usotsuki.hoshinet.org>]

I'm in over my head now >:P

My wondering about single-load stuff, about replacing OSes, etc., comes 
down to the idea that I want to make a nice Menu System and load games 
from it.  You know, kind-of like Beautiful Boot, but a little more 
powerful.  (Beautiful Boot does not need a DOS to operate, and uses the 
DOS 3.3 filesystem.)

So basically I'll need to come up with some sort of a mini-DOS, using RWTS 
directly.  Leaves me with having to do just a few things.

1. Load the disk catalog into memory
2. Load a Binary program and run it
3. Load an Applesoft program and run it, cold-initializing BASIC by hand
4. Load an Integer program and run it, cold-initializing BASIC by hand
5. Identify the ROM BASIC (I know how to do this, I think), and load
   FPBASIC/INTBASIC off disk if needed.  If the files aren't present, or
   if the system has only 48K, display "LANGUAGE NOT AVAILABLE", and
   return to the menu.  Basically just building up on 2-4.

I suppose it could even use a custom DOS, if I put together tools to copy 
files to and from DOS 3.3...

(This would look REALLY nice if it had a set of optional ".TH" thumbnail 
screenshots or titles!  Like Print Shop's graphic selector.)

-uso.