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Date:         Thu, 29 Jan 87 19:11:12 CST
From:         "University (of Houston) ACE (UACE)" <UACE0@UHUPVM1>
To:           ST Users <INFO-ATARI16@score.stanford.EDU>

Well, here is a little program that reads the contents of a cartridge attached
to the ST's cartridge port, and dumps it to a file.  Use this prog to dump the
cartridge to a ramdisk, because the timing of the floppy seems to screw things
up.  Then, simply copy the file to floppy from ramdisk.  This particular C
code writes out 64K of rom from the cartridge port.  If you are imaginative,
you can find useful applications for this.

/*****************************/
/*   The code starts here    */
/*****************************/

#include <osbind.h>    /*  actually you only need 3 calls  */

main()
(*                     /*  this should be an open curly bracket, but our stupid
                           CMS system doesn't have this - dumb EBCDIC   */
int handle;
handle=Fcreate("cart.rom",0);
if (handle >=0)
     Fwrite(handle,0xffffL,0xfa0000L);  /* write 64K starting at hex fa0000 */
Fclose(handle);

*)                    /*  likewise, this should be close curly bracket   */

/***************************/
/*   The code ends here    */
/***************************/

You can dump *ANY* cartridge connected to the slot, that I know of.

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Comments on MacBozo....
It would seem to me that if you post this to the net, you are going to be in a
lot of trouble.  From what I understand, MacBozo is a broken version of the
Magic Sac, and frankly, I think Dave Small has spent considerable time and
effort making a great product and supporting it very extensively.  It would be
a *RIP-OFF* for someone to post this MacBozo to the net, since in all
likeliness it is probably a pirated Magic Sac.  If it were truly a creative
effort on someones part, separate from the Magic Sac, that would be different.
I understand this is not so.  If you are going to post this to the net, you can
be sure Dave Small will be disassembling the code looking for traces of his
code.  I know I wouldn't want to be the one known to have posted the software
if it is a hacked Magic Sac.

FLAME OOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFF

Anyway...
Response to the ATARINET fileserver at UHUPVM1 has been FANTASTIC.
Thanks to everyone for the kind words.  Please note that it ONLY ACCEPTS
INTERACTIVE MESSAGES.  PLease do not send a note, or mail.  Our top guys are
working on adding this to the code, but currently all non-interactive requests
hit the round file (you know, file 13 ... the trash).  If you don't know, send
this interactive message to get an index of files: (Ex. is from a CMS machine)

TELL UH-INFO ATARINET INDEX

from a VAX send:

SEND/REMOTE UHUPVM| UH-INFO "ATARINET INDEX"

Our disk space is limited (and used to the limit), so I delete the info digests
at least once a week to make room for new ones.  So, check it often for new
STuff.  If you have /GOOD/ programs, source to send me, I would like it, but
please make sure it is good, and make sure I don't have it already.

We have been averaging about 150 requests a day on weekdays, with a high being
211 requests on January 11.  Keep 'em coming.  We are hoping to get 5 more
cylinders shortly, so we will have double our space.

We have  UNITERM V1.6g, plus other exclusive programs.  Look soon for a
terminal program called ZENITH (version 0.5) which is a beta version.

Mike Vederman