boot mysteries

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From: curzon
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1986 21:41

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Can anyone help me figure out the boot sectors of an Atari disk?

ie: how the "boot" ROM routines work;
    what parameters are picked up from the disk;
    where are they located;
    what functions served by the boot sector code vs
     the DOS itself;
    differences between the boot sectors on a DOS disk
     and on a "boot" disk;
    and anything other tidbits!

                    Thanks

				Dick Curzon
				Digital Equipment of Canada
                                PO Box 13000
                                Kanata Ontario      K2K 2A6
                                Canada.


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