On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Simon Owen wrote:
> Chris White wrote:
> > Trk4:Sec1 , can be anysize you wish ( think one of mine was 1024 ,
> > can't remeber which ) ,
>
> Ah, ok. I didn't think regular DOS would touch anything except 512 byte
> sectors - does it actually read in the full sector, or just the first part?.
> Quick check of Prince of Persia shows tracks 4 onward use 1024 byte sectors
> anyway :-)
>
>
> > But i also agree with Aley , in that a Rom Alteration should be made
> > ( if this is decided a want thing by most ) , and should be added to
> > the "No Dos" call to load a pre-stored image of rom/ram or just have
> > a Image file with a dos on and boot that
>
> I'm even more confused now - I thought we were just talking about how to
> determine whether something is bootable?
>
> There shouldn't be any real need to change ROM to detect a 'No DOS'
> condition, as the lack of BOOT(+128) signature in T:4 S:1 will be enough to
> detect it before any ROM code is run. I agree that what is done for that
> situation could be configurable.
>
> Si
>
>
My favourite configuration is a hard drive,
which contains all Sam files on it, not divided into 800kb segments
(virtual dskettes). Again NOT divided.
Maybe some little DOS can be done in emulator, so it don't waste too
much memory of "real" Sam, and using a real (i.e. PC/Mac) hard drive
for files.
This could be usable for all programs, which are not protected.
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