From: Adam Dunkels (adam_at_sics.se)
Date: 2001-10-17 16:18:12
On Wednesday 17 October 2001 16:05, you wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Adam Dunkels wrote: > > Does the 1541 ROM have the ability to boot a program from the disk? > > Yes, when you issue the drive a "&" or "B-E" command. You could boot up a > short loader that loads the rest of the software from the disk. > > Earlier versions of the firmware would execute the "&*" command at > power-up if the CLK and DATA lines were held low. This functionality was > removed from the 901229-05 firmware version. BTW, does anyone have > 901229-04? It's missing from FUNET. Ok, so some kind of manual intervension would be needed for the newer models. That's a shame, the ideal would be that no C64 would have to be used - only the 1541 drive and a floppy containing the web site/ftp archive. /adam -- Adam Dunkels <adam_at_sics.se> http://www.sics.se/~adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo_at_musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.
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