In my first post in this thread I linked DVI.CAT and the directory it sits in, the peripherals dir in m100sig, and pointed to a couple files described in DVI.CAT, then just noticed more files from the same place that apply to this question.
bkw On Thu, Mar 2, 2023, 9:18 PM MikeS <[email protected]> wrote: > What and where is SWITCH.DSK? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian K. White" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2023 10:33 AM > Subject: Re: [M100] Removing DVI Disk Basic > > > > Ah, and SWITCH.DSK must be what I thought I remembered seeing before > > about switching between dvi and other. > > > > > > On 3/2/23 10:29, Brian K. White wrote: > >> See L-DVI.100 > >> > >> On 3/2/23 10:18, [email protected] wrote: > >>> Just tried out BOOT.BA <http://BOOT.BA> and it works pretty well. > Only > >>> thing I don't love about it, is that you need to re-enter the > >>> Time/Date after removing Disk-BASIC. > >>> > >>> I think I'm going to modify it to store the current date/time in > >>> ALTLCD before clearing the ram, as I think that location ought to be > >>> protected. > >>> > >>> -George > >>> > >>> On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:48 AM Brian K. White <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> > >>> I never noticed that, but I just tried it and you're right, the dvi > >>> needs the system disk on every power-on, not just for installation. > >>> > >>> -- bkw > >>> > >>> On 3/2/23 09:20, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > I guess the need to pack the Disk BASIC away is pretty limited, > >>> since > >>> > when the DVI starts up, it loads software into it's RAM from the > >>> system > >>> > disk, the same disk which you can use to load Disk BASIC to the > >>> M100. So > >>> > even if you were to pack and reload Disk BASIC, the DVI will be > >>> useless > >>> > without the system disk. (unless there is a way to load the DVI > >>> software > >>> > into the DVI from the System Bus connector of the M100.) > >>> > > >>> > That would be great if possible, you could bootstrap a DVI > >>> without the > >>> > original disk. > >>> > > >>> > -George > >>> > > >>> > On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:11 AM Brian K. White > >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > On 3/2/23 07:37, [email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> > > Hi Brian, > >>> > > > >>> > > Just reading the descriptions in your link and they seem > >>> to be > >>> > exactly > >>> > > what I need. > >>> > > >>> > Looks like also D100.BA <http://D100.BA> <http://D100.BA > >>> <http://D100.BA>> and DISABL.DVI > >>> > > >>> > I would have sworn I saw directions in the user manual, but I > >>> don't see > >>> > anything like that now. > >>> > > >>> > There may be yet other programs or texts elsewhere in the > >>> m100sig > >>> > besides these too. > >>> > > >>> > I thought I saw some that don't just unload the dvi software > >>> but pack > >>> > it away for restoring later, and did the same for other > >>> dosses like for > >>> > chipmunk or tpdd, and let you flip back & forth between them. > >>> > > >>> > Here's something cool, search the entire m100sig using the > >>> search > >>> > box on > >>> > github: > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/search?q=Disk%2FVideo > >>> <https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/search?q=Disk%2FVideo> > <https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/search?q=Disk%2FVideo < > https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/search?q=Disk%2FVideo>> > >>> > > >>> > Whoa Nelly! > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > bkw > >>> > > >>> > >>> -- bkw > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > bkw >
