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From: morgan@fluke.UUCP (Bruce Eckel)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm
Subject: auto-booting a kaypro
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Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 20:54:23 EST
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>  I need some help in trying to figure out a way to get my KayproII to
>  autostart a file; I am working towards a "turnkey" system. I am
>  running CP/M 2.2. I am familiar with how Northstar did it on their
>  boxes running 2.2, but it seems this is different for Kaypro. Any
>  advice/pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>  

The easiest way for you to do this is to get Plu*perfect's enhanced
operating system for the Kaypro.  Look in a Profiles for the address;
they are in idyllwild CA.  Their system has an autoboot configuration
in the CPMCONFIG program.  They also have a lot of other nice things;
sort of a commercial ZCPR.

You could also do it by hacking around with the operating system;
apparently there is some space on the system tracks where, if you
insert a command line, it will autoboot that line.  I remember reading
about it, but I already had pluperfect so I didn't pay much attention.
It might be in a back issue of micro C (before they went MSDOS; well,
only one issue has come out since that happened, but I am still a bit
shocked at David Thompson -- last summer at SOG, he said he would
support CP/M tp the grave.  I didn't realize he meant *it's* grave).

	Bruce Eckel
	uw-beaver!fluke!morgan