Re: Appl //c Basic

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 23:32:01 +1000, John L wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 21:30:07 +1000, "Scott Brown"
> <browns@mackay.net.au> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>I have made a bootable disk, that has the prodos.system and the basic.system
>>files on it.  I am trying to write a login program for the disk as something
>>to do.  I was wondering two things:
>>
>>1.  Is there a basic command that will disable the control-reset function to
>>get to the basic prompt?
>
> You would need to use assembly language or a poke command to change
> the reset vector.
>
>>2.  How do i get the computer to run the program when it boots the disk?
>
> Under DOS 3.3, any Applesoft program named HELLO will automatically
> run on startup.

It depends what program the DOS 3.3 disks was initialised to see as a startup
program. Most people did this "INIT HELLO,D1" which would have made HELLO the
boot program. However you could have typed "INIT BEELZEBUB,D1" in which case
the disk in drive 1 (D1) would have booted the program BEELZEBUB.
 
>
> Under ProDOS, the BASIC.SYSTEM or any .SYSTEM file is normally
> executed first after ProDOS loads.  The first basic program to load is
> normally called STARTUP.
>
>
>
>
> John

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