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- From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Re: Looking for patches
- Message-ID: <XJXJoB1w164w@cyberden.uucp>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 20:43:56 PDT
- References: <1992Jul21.204208.3040@news.ysu.edu>
- Organization: Indescribable Creations
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- ac742@yfn.ysu.edu (Joe Perkins) writes:
-
- > I have all fo these in a form which will allow me to copy them to
- > the HD, but each one has it's own drawbacks when you try to use
- > it ( reading only drive one, looking for support files on drive one,
- > etc.)
- >
- > Can anyone tell me how to go about patching these suckers?
-
- Do these access "D:" as drive one or "D1:" as drive one? (some
- programmers are lazy and assume that you're using DOS 2.5 or something
- close in which "D:" could ONLY be drive one)
- If the program DOES access "D:" then it's just a simple case of changing
- the working directory "CWD <dir>" in SpartaDOS - not sure about SDX tho;
- or in MyDOS use [R] (or was it [Q]?) to "pick default directory." In
- both cases whenever "D:" is accessed it acts like how it's set. (oops..
- BTW: in SpartaDOS, just type "Dx:" to change the drive NUMBER and "CWD"
- to change DIRECTORIES. In MyDOS the same command does both)
- Anyways. From there whenever you're prompted from within the program for
- a filename, if it's smart it'll stick a "D:" in the front of it if no
- drive is given. This means all your working files for this program are
- in it's directory/on the same drive. If you DON'T want this, just add a
- "Dx:" at the beginning.
-
- IF, however, the program DOES use "D1:" (waste of 1 byte every time it's
- used!!! ;) ) then my best feeble suggestion would be to get out a good
- old sector editor (which, BTW: I am without!!!) and change all occurences
- of "D1:" to something like "DD:" or "Dx:" (x being your new drive/hard
- drive number...remember it's unchangeable unless you go around editing it
- every time... just use SpartaDOS or MyDOS and "DD:"). I've only tested
- "DD:" with MyDOS. I used BobTerm to play with it while I was online.. so
- don't trust this 100%. Play with it first. If it works, go in and edit
- your program (SAVE THE ORIGINAL!!!!!!!!!).
-
- I do think, however, that most programmers were lazy enough ;) to say
- "D:" instead of "D1:" back in the good old days of non-directory DOSes...
-
- "Be seeing you!"
- Say|____________9_year_veteran_ ||| __
- Hi |PhBill: Bill Kendrick / | \
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- NJ!| July 25, 1992
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