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From: johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz (John MacLean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: //gs Boot Blocks
Message-ID: <155@fawlty.towers.oz>
Date: 11 Jan 90 07:15:23 GMT
Reply-To: johnmac@fawlty.ips.oz (John MacLean)
Organization: Tower Technology, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia
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In article <1026@madnix.UUCP> jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak) writes:
>	Although the *:ProDOS file would be loaded in without any attention
>to disk format, there still wouldn't be any file-level services available to
>the alternate loader (or are there?). As such, the new *:ProDOS would still
>have to access the volume at a block level. Although installing an alternate
>*:ProDOS file is slightly cleaner than installing an alternate boot block,
>it doesn't seem to address the block level access problem.

Try this:
- put PRODOS in your root directory named PRODGS
- put P8 in your root directory named PRODP8
- create a PRODOS file that allows you to select what you want
- search for the string 'PRODOS' in $0800-$09FF
- patch this name as selected
- jump back to the boot code at $0801

This should work regardless of what apple does to the boot blocks in
the future.
I have done this in the past, and it works, but I take no responsibility.

John MacLean.
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