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Re: Auto-Start-Up Program in DOS 3.3/ProDOS?



On Jan 31, 2:01 pm, Eric Rucker <bhtoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 1:00 pm, Harry Potter <maspethro...@aol.com> wrote:
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> > On Jan 31, 7:41 am, lyricalnanoha
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> > <lyricalnan...@usotsuki.hoshinet.org> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 31 Jan 2009, Harry Potter wrote:
> > > > On an Apple 2 disk image, how do I set a program to start up
> > > > automatically on start-up?
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> > > For DOS 3.3 - Change Boot Program in Copy ][+
> > > For ProDOS - if it's a SYS file, make it the first file in the directory
> > > with .SYSTEM at the end of the filename
> > > otherwise, name it STARTUP
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> > > -uso.
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> > Thank you.  Where can I find Copy ][+?  I want to create auto-boot
> > programs for the Apple 2 under cc65.
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> Copy ][ Plus can be found on Asimov (ftp.apple.asimov.net).
> Alternately, you can create a HELLO file which will launch your
> program - by default, DOS 3.3 launches a BASIC program named HELLO on
> boot. (I forget whether it'll BRUN it if it's binary instead, though.)- Hide quoted text -
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*  I tried the auto-boot technique for ProDOS using CiderPress, and
got an "UNABLE TO LOAD PRODOS" error.
*  Under DOS 3.3, the file, a binary, doesn't start automatically.