AUTO question

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2 total messages Started by franco Fri, 04 Apr 1986 03:06

#365

Author: franco
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1986 03:06

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Does anyone know how to predict whether a .prg will execute from AUTO
with TOS in ROM?

Re: AUTO question

#414

Author: Landon Dyer
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1986 01:16

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In article <54600047@iuvax.UUCP>, franco@iuvax.UUCP writes:
> 
> Does anyone know how to predict whether a .prg will execute from AUTO
> with TOS in ROM?

TOS will execute files

	<bootdevice>:\AUTO\*.PRG

in the order that they are in in the directory (as opposed to
the order they APPEAR to be in in a desktop window).  You cannot
do AES calls from a program in the auto folder.

Usually the boot device is A:, but that can be changed by the
boot sector, if the boot sector so desires.  Thus, with the DAS
BOOT ROMs, you could boot from B: (or, if you were extraordinarly
lucky or flush, C:).

This works with any version of TOS, be it in ROM or in RAM.

-Landon

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