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

Subject: Re: Auto-Start-Up Program in DOS 3.3/ProDOS?
From: lyricalnanoha <lyricalnanoha@usotsuki.hoshinet.org>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:23:14 GMT
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On Sat, 31 Jan 2009, Harry Potter wrote:

*  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.

ProDOS disks need the file PRODOS in the root directory (and if whatyou're running isn't a SYS file, you'll need BASIC.SYSTEM too).

For DOS 3.3, Copy ][+ can patch the DOS on disk to run a binary file, butan ordinary DOS cannot do so.


-uso.

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