AUTOLOAD ISDOS
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From Roman Milukov → To All 2 June 1999
Hello, Oleg!
Sun 30 May 1999 you wrote here:
RM>>>> Soap or here throw the procedure for loading IS-DOS from the screw!
KF>>> I didn’t write that I have one. But it is possible.
RM>> It is not possible, but it is necessary! Very!
OG> What are the problems? Watch how it loads from the flop.
If I could, I would have done it long ago. I can't. :(
That’s why I’m asking for something ready.
All the best.
Sincerely, Roman.
From Renat Mamedov → To All 4 June 1999
RM> If I could, I would have done it long ago. I can't. :(
RM> That's why I'm asking for something ready-made.
I can suggest a way.
long ago, when Isaev's resident Khonich was written in tyrdos, I
made such a joke. I started from izdos with tyrdos, but, in principle,
it doesn't matter from where - the main thing was to break away from the main carrier :)
in izdos we write some kind of program that creates in last pages of memory
a copy of the system. Afterwards we configure the system to the desired form and launch this little program. it creates a copy in memory, saves registers - I saved all
48 memory minus the screen.
Next we press reset and dump these top pages onto disk...
Then we write a bootloader - and that's it...
This thing loads a copy onto the pages, then it crashes into tyrdos and the
resident determinant starts it. Then it’s a matter of technique...
You can do the same. This program is on the zx-server...
a copy of the system is loaded onto pages #d4,#d6,#d7...then these pages
load from the screw (I don’t know how to do this in your case) and fly to
tyrdos.
It starts...
Sincerely,
Renat
From Oleg Grigoriev → To All 8 June 1999
Hmm... Load the 8th sector of the zero track into the STS at the address #5d25 and track from
the loading address. Just keep in mind that it assumes the drive is ready...
From Roman Milukov → To All 9 June 1999
Hello, Renat!
Fri 4 Jun 1999 you wrote here:
RM> I can suggest a way.
...
RM> you can do the same. This program is on zx-server...
...
I have been actively using this program for a long time. Thank you, by the way!
I thought of this method right away. But I immediately forgot.
It’s crooked and not universal. All standard is-board sv, etc. go to the garden, and
the file is as much as 48K! You can, of course, shake... But is this method much better than
magic?