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From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Self-booting programs?
Message-ID: <1503@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 12 May 91 16:00:01 GMT
References: <53351@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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In article <53351@nigel.ee.udel.edu> AAW360@uriacc.uri.edu (Jeff Beaubien) writes:
>Are there any PD programs out there that allow you to install a program
>onto the boot block?  If so, could someone please direct me to their
>location?
>
>What I'm looking to do is to make certain programs, like Handshake self-
>loading, once I put the disk in the drive and power up.  Is this possible?
>
>Any help is GREATLY appreciated.  Thanks in advance...

Maybe I'm missing something, but why not just launch it from your
startup-sequence file?  Editing s:startup-sequence sure seems a lot
easier than editing the boot block to me...

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