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|    Felice Murolo to Danny Bee    |
|    Re: Amiga assembly, bootblock developing    |
|    19 Oct 23 15:54:28    |
      MSGID: 2:335/206 65313515       PID: FidoEditor 1.2a       TID: hpt/lnx 1.4.0-sta 16-02-06       On 18-10-2023 13:15:46, Danny Bee writes:              > FM> > that is, are you telling me that bootblocks like the ones in the        > > images        > FM> > do nothing more than load a normal program allocated somewhere else        > FM> > t        > FM> > https://fel.hopto.org/test/demo.png        > FM> > https://fel.hopto.org/test/demo2.png        > FM>        > FM> I answer myself: no, not all, at least.        > That's what I'd assume should work.        > 1. You format the floppy disk with within a system        > 2. install df0: to copy/create boot sector on such disk        > 3. and then it should look for df0:S/startup-sequence for instruction how               ok, but this is the standard way to launch any program on the floppy disk.              Instead, I wanted to modify the bootblock by inserting a routine inside that       shows a text like "(c) by Felice Murolo - Press the left mouse button" and       waits for the left button to be pressed.              Maybe then enriching this thing with a gradient background color (I've already       managed to do this, playing with the copper registers).              Any ideas?              Regards.                     Ciao.       Felix              --- FidoEditor v1.2a        * Origin: MaxBBS - Salerno, Italia (2:335/206.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 18/200 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/616 123/10 131       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/757 7715 154/10 50 218/700 840 220/10 90 221/1       SEEN-BY: 221/6 226/18 30 227/114 229/110 112 113 206 275 307 317 400       SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 470 550 664 700 240/1120 266/512 280/464 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 291/111 292/854 301/1 305/3 317/3 320/219 322/757 331/313       SEEN-BY: 333/808 334/10 335/206 364 370 601 341/66 234 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 460/58 633/280 712/848 2320/105 3634/12 5075/35       PATH: 335/206 364 221/6 154/10 229/426           |
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