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From: danscott@atari.UUCP (Dan Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TOS 1.4
Message-ID: <1346@atari.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 89 00:56:16 GMT
References: <5421@homxc.ATT.COM>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA.
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in article <5421@homxc.ATT.COM>, dmk2@homxc.ATT.COM (D.KUSTER) says:

> Thanks Dan, I talked to me friend (he is a registered developer) after
> reading your reply to this post.  Aparrently he immediately backed up
> THE FILES on his disk and tried to use the backup (which doesn't have
> the active boot sector) to load TOS1.4.  When he went back and made
> a sector by sector copy of the supplied disk TOS1.4 loaded and ran
> without a hitch.

If your friend *REALLY* wants to load the TOS 1.4 OS off a HD, then
he might do well to contact Supra Corp.  They came out with a (PD?)
little program that would allow RAM loaded TOS 1.4 to boot off a HD
formatted w/ their software.  I can't recommend this 100% because I
don't know what possible side-effects there may be from doing (sorta
like trying out a drug in test from your doctor).

> 
> My question for you is will TOS 1.4 be available in ROM to owners
> of 520's and 1040's as a retrograde upgrade?  If so, when?

TOS 1.4 for the masses should be available *VERY* shortly <I can
hear people snickering already> as testing of TOS is about 99.9%
done at this time.  After that, it is a matter of figuring out how to
get it to the most people with the least amount of pain for everyone
involved.


Dan/Atari Corp.