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- From: boberg@lysator.liu.se (Stefan Boberg)
- Subject: Re: Trouble with trackloading
- Message-ID: <1561@lysator.liu.se>
- Sender: news@isy.liu.se (Lord of the News)
- Organization: Lysator Academic Computer Society, Linkoping University, Sweden
- References: <Zapper.0jog@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 12:08:12 GMT
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- Zapper@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Zapper) writes:
-
- > I am making a non-DOS disk demo type program here... I have the needed
- >sections stored on the disk in sorted locations, and I can easily trackload
- >the routines that I need to use into memory, decrunch them, and execute
- >them...
-
- > The problem I am having is making the disk boot itself. I can't get a
- >trackloading routine to fit inside the bootblock... how can I set up a
- >bootblock that would read say a 4k code hunk from somewhere on the disk and
- >execute it? I would intend this to then load the first large code hunk and
- >begin the demo...
-
- First of all, making a trackloader that fits in the bootblock shouldn't
- be any problem at all. I've done it several times. However, in your case I
- don't quite see the point in having a hardware loader in there - why not
- just use the trackdisk.device to load the main part? Much simpler and
- also more compatible with different hardware.
-
- > Zapper@qube.ocunix.on.ca | University of Ottawa Computer Engineering
- > (Trevor Boicey) | "We are hope despite the times." - REM
- --
- Stefan Boberg - AP & EE student at Linkoping Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Author of LhA, ArjA and LhArcA. Co-author of Alien Breed, Project X, Full
- Contact and Miami Chase.
- EMail: boberg@lysator.liu.se, lha@augs.se FidoNet: 2:204/404
-