Re: simple DOS.MASTER hacking.

[Nama <forums6000@mac.com>]

On Mar 30, 6:36 pm, Nama <forums6...@mac.com> wrote:
> On Mar 30, 5:20 pm, Toinet <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
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> > On 30 mar, 06:49, Nama <forums6...@mac.com> wrote:
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> > > Ok, I've had enough!!!!!
> > > I have been preparing a DosMaster .po image with 80+ (my goal is 100)
> > > games to share with everyone, but personally I can no longer stand
> > > seeing the DosMaster splash screen showing in seemingly random
> > > characters from CFFA on my Apple II+.
>
> > > Of course it's not random, it's just that my poor II+ can't display
> > > the lowercase. I have identified the part of DOS.MASTER that needs to
> > > be changed, and what the Hex needs to be to for it to all display in
> > > uppercase, but I can't find a Hex editor to to do the job!
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> > > I'm thinking I can either modify the DOS.MASTR file directly on the II
> > > +, or I can do it from AppleWin and a .po image on my PC.
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> > > Any suggestions for a simple and easy to use editor would be greatly
> > > appreciated, and if I can download it in .dsk format, even better.
>
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Philip
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> > Dear Philip,
>
> > Download the following disk and use Disk Fixer 4.0 and its HEX editor
> > to do the job:http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/products/apple2/diskcopiers.html
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> > Disk Fixer can "follow" a file, use the "D" option, select the file,
> > use the left and right arrows to browse the file contents and update
> > what needs to be changed.
>
> > Antoine Vignau
> > Brutal Deluxe Software
>
> Antoine, That sounds perfect. I'll try it out tonight after work.

Hi again,
Ok, I've downloaded it and have got it up and running on Applewin. I
have opened DOS.MASTER, and I have edited the splash screen...now how
do I save these changes? When I press escape all the changes are lost!
Thanks
Philip