Re: How to boot 16k program?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

L. Cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com> wrote:

> In article <7sg37q$bal@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>, dalloff@gcfn.org
> (Dave Althoff) wrote:
> >Just to make sure you are doing as they suggest...
> >
> >1)  Start the machine and interrupt the boot by hitting RESET--
> >
> >                APPLE ][
> >]
> >2)  Enter the Monitor--
> >CALL -151
> >*
> >3)  Try booting from the Monitor--
> >C600G
> 
> Ok, just what I needed; I don't know calls or such to boot from the
> monitor; that will likely work

Except you shouldn't need to do it.  The C600G trick was only required
with the old monitor ROM, since it doesn't try to boot a disk controller
card.  The automatic boot produced by the Autostart ROM ends up doing
exactly the same thing, so should behave the same by auto boot as a
manual C600G.

In addition, you can just type PR#6 from BASIC to get the same effect.

> >That said, it still doesn't make sense to me that this would be
> >any different than starting with the Autostart ROM.
> >Could it be that this is a DOS 3.2 disk?  Grab your DOS 3.3 System Master
> >and try brunning BOOT13 and see if you can start it that way.

That makes sense - if it predated the 16-sector controller _and_ the
II+, then you would need BOOT13 (or START13) to boot the disk.

If it isn't copy protected, then you may be able to copy the files to a
DOS 3.3 disk using MUFFIN.

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David Empson
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