Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwvax!astroatc!brown
From: brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to start an autobooting program without erasing memory?
Message-ID: <2236@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jul 89 04:35:36 GMT
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In article <899@rex.cs.tulane.edu> hoang@rex.UUCP (Dzung Hoang) writes:
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<    I have an AT compatible computer and need to run a program that auto-
<boots from floppy.  The program runs too quickly to be useful.  I have some
<TSR's that slow the computer to XT speeds, but they won't work if I reboot
<with CTRL-ALT-DEL.  Is there a way to boot from floppy while keeping TSR's
<in memory and active?  There must be some address in the BIOS that can be
<jumped to to accomplish this.
<    My AT compat is a CompuAdd Standard 286/10 with Phoenix BIOS.  And the
<program I want to run is IKARI WARRIORS(TM).

Sorry, can't be done.  COMMAND.COM needs to start up all the programs because
it sets aside pointers as to what memory is allocated for what.  Everything
has to start from scratch when booting.  That goes for any computer.

I would try to find out why the program wants to start the computer over again.
Sounds like copy protection schemes are in the works.  I would look into getting
the program to load from a machine that is already started.  Call the people
who make it and bitch them out, explaining the problem.  First make sure that
the program CAN'T be started from a machine already running.
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