Re: The Trick to it...

[Jeff Blakeney <CUTjblakeney@sympatico.ca>]

On 12 May 2004 21:40:40 EDT, "Kelli Halliburton"
<kelli217@crosswinds.not> wrote:

>Is there a way to allow a ProDOS disk to boot but not let the autoload
>program start?
>
>I have a ROM1 IIgs, with the obligatory 1MB memory expansion, and a 3.5"
>drive. (I actually have 2 of those and two 5.25" drives as well, but just
>one 3.5" drive is hooked up.)
>
>I have exactly one disk with Apple II software on it. It's the demo disk,
>with the Hypercard stack on it, "A Tour of the Apple IIgs."
>
>Before I start trying to track down things like 4MB memory expansions, or
>Focus hard drives, or GS/OS 6.0.1, I'd just like to see if I can accomplish
>this one small trick. If it's possible to accomplish it.

As far as I know the demo disk you have will not have any other
executable program on it other than the demo.  This means that you
can't boot into Applesoft with it because BASIC.SYSTEM isn't on the
disk.  Even if it was, you'd need another utility to modify the disk
to get it to boot something else.

So you'll have to at least get some more bootable disks before you'll
be able to do that "one small trick".

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