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|    Danny Bee to Felice Murolo    |
|    Re: Amiga assembly, bootblock developing    |
|    19 Oct 23 12:07:02    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48       MSGID: 1:105/420 4a9ada2e       REPLY: 2:335/206 65313515       TZUTC: -0700        FM> ok, but this is the standard way to launch any program on the floppy        FM> disk.              To achieve what you showed in the screenshots you don't need anything else.                FM>         FM> Instead, I wanted to modify the bootblock by inserting a routine inside        FM> that shows a text like "(c) by Felice Murolo - Press the left mouse        FM> button" and waits for the left button to be pressed.        FM>         FM> Maybe then enriching this thing with a gradient background color (I've        FM> already managed to do this, playing with the copper registers).        FM>               That's why I asked if you only want to boot from a system or bypass that and       boot as NonDOS disk, which is also possible.              For the second option you need to read:              https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/Amiga_Floppy_Boot_Process_and_Physical_Layout              as a starter              -db              ... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)        * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbS>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (1:105/420)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 18/200 90/1 105/7 10 11 44 81 85 420 500 106/201       SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 153/7715 154/10 218/700 226/30 227/114 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/112 113 206 275 307 317 400 426 428 470 550 664 700 266/512       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 291/111 292/854 305/3 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200       SEEN-BY: 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 5075/35       PATH: 105/420 81 229/426           |
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