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From: lshum@utzoo.UUCP (Jerry Zarycky)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: atari XL problem
Message-ID: <4108@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Jul-84 11:55:38 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 19 11:55:38 1984
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Just in case there is some confusion about what Mr. Malloy said,
he meant that you should hold down the <OPTION> key when POWERING UP
your XL computer, so that the BASIC ROM will be flipped out.
Once I had done this on my computer, almost all (>95%) of my software
worked flawlessly.  As well, since the <RESET> button on the XL
computers attempts to do a 'cold start' (please someone correct me
if I am wrong), if the program you are executing does not trap
<RESET>, you can usually hold down the <OPTION> key, and hit <RESET>
to boot the disk and load a different program (assuming you have more
than one program on the same disk, or have swapped disks by then!).
The above procedure will save wear and tear on your power switch, but
does not always work, especially in the newer programs which attempt
to be smart and trap <RESET>.