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   Message 2,143 of 2,243   
   Danny Bee to Felice Murolo   
   Re: Amiga assembly, bootblock developing   
   19 Oct 23 12:07:02   
   
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    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   
      
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