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Extending the ProDOS/SOS dual boot trick to DOS 3.3?
- Subject: Extending the ProDOS/SOS dual boot trick to DOS 3.3?
- From: lyricalnanoha@dosius.ath.cx (Steve Nickolas)
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:26:16 +0000 (UTC)
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When it comes to low level disk stuff, I fall flat.
One thing I'd like to be able to try to do is come up with a way to boot a
disk on both a ][ and a /// (][ loading the sector to $0800 and jumping to
$0801, /// loading and jumping to $A000, iirc?), such that the /// will load
my modified firmware (as Star Emulator does), then reset itself and do the
][ boot, causing DOS 3.3 to load, and boot as usual.
I believe it can be done, though I have no idea how to go about it. Other
elements which are cosmetic in nature such as the SOS font load could be
done *after* DOS loads (if peek(-7)=51 - one of the signature bytes of my
modified ROM).
A possible use would be a disk similar to Apple Crunch providing games on
both ][ and /// without the need for a separate /// boot disk.
-uso.