Newsgroups: comp.binaries.apple2 Path: news.uiowa.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!pv343f.vincent.iastate.edu!ddkilzer From: ddkilzer@iastate.edu (David D Kilzer) Subject: External Boot //c Message-ID: Keywords: boot external drive apple //c Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1993 21:18:25 GMT Lines: 45 Here are a couple VERY short files. One is 10 bytes of ML code (at $300) and the other is a BASIC "interface" that runs the ML code for you. I found the ML code in an Apple // magazine at one time (didn't write down which one). It will boot the //c's external disk drive (ProDOS only). I think if you try a DOS 3.3 disk, the computer will switch from drive 2 to drive 1 in the middle of the booting process! I don't believe it will run on anything but a //c (*maybe* a //gs since the firmware is somewhat similar; double lo-res for example). Have fun! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FiLeStArTfIlEsTaRt ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789() MEXTERNAL.BOOT AIw6AAAACA(4DIAg6yMAMfQJHUiuAIw6AkBS GVvTlzW6CMp)AAAAHUCAFsQXAAAAddQJAUwCAIAAAAAAAAAArDAAAAgAAAAAAAAA GVvTFhO2BAAPAMAABAAAA8CAAAQIAwPABAAAAAACAAQAYBAAAggCAAAAKcFAAAwB HUCAFsQXAAAAAAAAAAwAAAAANAAAAAAAAAAIAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAgMACAAAAAAA AAAAAEOAhDAAAAAAUhVROJVRuwUQP9kQAAAVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAIUBACBQBnDNJpIDKkQkOocO0AkCNKggOEpLACJCJB9ETFBCRFRFWB5kUC5CT U90TgwiMzQSQiADMIkEAJCAF6cpOpqTn1UjMIYHAiCgH6ATMkM1QQJC0DFETBBSR SBFIPR0TC1yUFNVQEBCRLNVSwqjIwATMIcKAiCAK6ITMkM1QJJC0EBiTWlkUyASR OFEIQBCRTVkUSByUVRVRu4kU6ICIwEDswCAMAIDCFJlv5CAJAwDC2cDj)CAOAYEC gDAgAQGCQTFSwQDKoMeykM1QLnSKWqjM6QFSTNku6sDJAAQs17EABhtRAwj5CAQA AAAAvAQAAECAGAAAAAAAAMAAAEAAAAAAIoAWAAAAXBAAAIgAlAAAL01BAAQBAAAA AMAAAAAAAAAAAAgDAACACAAAAAAAAAAAAoAAKAAAAAAAUhVROJVRuwUQP9kQAIDV AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)DAAgCeqgJaAGvATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A0YG -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dave -- David D. Kilzer \ ST:TNG _Relics_ Computer Engineer 3 / Capt. Montgomery Scott ("Scotty") ddkilzer@iastate.edu \ "I may be a captain by rank, but I never Iowa State University, Ames / wanted to be anything but an engineer."