Re: Appl //c Basic

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3b3dd76e$1@news.iprimus.com.au>,
Mark Cummings <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote:
 
>> 1.  Is there a basic command that will disable the control-reset function
>> to get to the basic prompt?
> 
> I'm sure there is a way, but not directly in BASIC. I have seen some
> programs that won't RESET. I think the trick is to modify the RESET vector
> so that it does what you want it to do, even if that something is nothing.
 
Unless you want your Apple II to hang, the code pointed to by the
RESET vector had better do SOMETHING!  Remember that the CPU just
jumps there; there is no automatic return.  The option of "letting
the RESET code do nothing" doesn't exist; it has to do something.
 
 
> You may need to use some machine code though, or at the very least poke some
> code /or vectors into memory.
> 
>> 2.  How do i get the computer to run the program when it boots the disk?
> 
> call it "STARTUP" for ProDOS or "HELLO" for DOS 3.3.
 
...or INIT the DOS 3.3 disk to run the startup program with a name of
your choice.  The syntax is:
 
    INIT <STARTUP_PROGRAM_NAME>
 
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