Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: System Disk configuration Message-ID: <13191@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 8 Mar 91 05:45:07 GMT References: <21030700384132@lax.wisc.edu> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing Lines: 38 In article <21030700384132@lax.wisc.edu> THINGVOL@LAX.WISC.EDU writes: >1. What files on a system disk do you need (or don't need) to run S16 > program without having to go through the Finder? (The files that just > boot and load the system and then run the program) I don't know a comprehensive list of which files you need and which you don't, so I will leave this part to someone else. One thing I will state though is that the program which is run upon boot is one of the following: 1) The first program in the root path of the boot volume that is named *.SYS16 (analogous to ".system" in the ProDOS 8 realm) 2) The file named START in your System directory of your boot voluime. I am not sure which takes precedence, but I would presume "START" does (as it takes "more work" to do, it would seem more important). >2. What is Expressload? It is an ingenious method by which file running is made much faster, up to orders of magnitude faster. From my understanding, it is also application-invisible. By this, I mean that you can go and Expressload old SYS16 programs written before the advent of Expressload, EXPRESSLOAD them, and they'll now take advantage of the Expressload features. I would guess PaintWorks Gold would not work with being Expressloaded, as it seems to barf at any minor revision! (this is kind of a joke.. Paintworks gold seems to be one of the programs people whine about not working all the time) I also think that if you move an Expressloaded file to an older System Disk, it will work fine without barfing on you. Now that's what I call really cool. --