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From: jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: boot disks
Message-ID: <8803281528.AA09139@mitre-bedford.ARPA>
Date: 28 Mar 88 15:28:29 GMT
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>  Does anyone know how to set up a disk that will boot up without DOS
>  and without an AUTORUN.SYS?  I am interested in writing games for
>  the 800XL and want disks to self boot, etc.

The structure of the boot sector is described in gory detail in "Inside Atari
DOS" and I think also in "de re Atari".  I don't have these references at hand
right now but if you can't locate them I can try to tell you the salient
points.

-John Sangster / jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa