Re: Game server and SSC

["Alex Freed" <alexf@mirrow.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Not exactly.  The boot ROM will load the code at $800.
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> Actually, the first byte is treated as the number of sectors to load,
> and the code starts at $801--so you'd need a little move routine there.

Yes, I made the same comment. But here is another thought. I can program a
2732 EPROM so that
the first 2k is identical to the SSC ROM and put something else into the top
half. Add a switch to the
board to select one or the other. Maybe even write the firmware so that the
first few bytes pretend to
be a disk controller so that control will be given to it at boot. Or do the
normal IN#2.
So the special firmware will initialize the 6551 and run the SOS loop out of
the way in $F8xx land.
How about that?