[Coco] HDBDOS ROM
Bruce W. Calkins
brucewcalkins at charter.net
Fri Apr 7 21:15:58 EDT 2023
>> Simplest thing is to use HDBDOS (and SDC-DOS) AUTOEXEC.BAS feature.
>> A file named "AUTOEXEC.BAS" will automatically be run on power up.
>> A simple:
>> 10 DOS
>> program will suffice.
>>
>> See the respective manuals for locations and details..
>>
>> Works for me.
>
>
> Yeah, I knew about that. But I thought it would be cool to have a system
> that
>
> didn't rely on BASIC at all.
>
>
> bill
>
FWIW: The CoCo's CPU boots to whatever ROM is at the hard coded startup
address. To bypass BASIC requires a custom ROM. Decades back there
were kits to put OS-9 on ROM, but they left the market a LONG time ago.
Bruce W.
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