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From: jeroen@phil.ruu.nl (Jeroen Scheerder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Waiting for HD to boot
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Date: 7 Jul 90 08:01:41 GMT
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	I have both a software and a hardware answer to your question.
I bought (yes, hard cash flowin') a pcb and some electronics that,
basically, on power-up is holds the ST's reset button signal HIGH (or
low, wichever is applicable) for a configurable amount of time.
The ST will then boot after the installed time.
The software solution (the reason why I never got to building in my
PCB board) is a program I've written that waits for a certain amount
of time and then resets the ST. Since a floppy must be present in drive
A: at boot time anyway (that is, unless you're patient enough to wait for
the drive to time-out) it is no problem to have to have an AUTO folder
containing this program present on floppy at boot time.
If you insist on having it the hardware way, mail me and we'll arrange
for you an instruction how to build it (I have to draw the darn thing in
that case).
If you forget about the hardware stuff you can send a request for the
software way.
I might even consider posting it to comp.binaries.atari.st.