In article <87mvrwm4i0.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>, Andreas Kohlbach   
    wrote:   
   > Drew Klenotic wrote on 22. January 2016:   
   > > On 21 Jan 16  18:05:59 Andreas Kohlbach wrote...   
   > > >   
   > > > then I try to emulate computers I never had, never even heard of   
   > > > after power-on. Is that true that the Atari did this or just a   
   > > > convenient feature of the emulator? For the C64 you had to load any   
   > > > program manually. -- Andreas   
   > >   
   > > Well, if what you're asking is if the Atari could autoboot programs, the   
   > > answer is yes.  Most games and professional productivity packages did auto   
   > > load on booting.  It was easy enough for you to make your own programs auto   
   > > boot as well as Atari DOS 2 would automatically search for "AUTORUN.SYS"   
   and   
   > > other DOSes had similar capabilities.   
   >   
   > Yes, thanks.   
   >   
   > Learning about "new" (old in fact) home computers from the 70s and 80s   
   > many could in fact "auto boot". Too bad the Commodore 64 was not among them.   
      
   Most C64 users would have started with the tape drives (the disk drive   
   and disks being expensive), so auto-booting from a disk would be rather   
   senseless.   
      
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