Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!infonode!ingr!b11!jmack From: jmack@b11.ingr.com (Cery McCormick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: eprom cartridge Summary: You can too run programs from ROM! Keywords: cartridge, eproms Message-ID: <9770@b11.ingr.com> Date: 2 Jan 91 00:56:29 GMT References: <1991Jan1.113809.22782@actrix.gen.nz> Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL Lines: 15 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Well you can't just put Normal programs into a E-Prom, as most programs > would need some ram to work with, also the Rom Code would not be > relocatable, but then the Rom code could be copied to Ram, but what > would be the piont of this, most program would encase the ram needed > within its self, this would not work with Rom programs... > > You CAN put programs (supposedly, I've never tried it.) in EPROM and plug them into the Cartridge port. The ST will treat the Cartridge as if it were another storage device like the floppy or hard disk. Look in ATARI ST Internals (page 97) for a discussion on how to put programs in EPROM.