nep.pgelhausen@AMES-VMSB.ARPA (01/08/86)
I couldn't reply directly (I tried twice), so the rest of you
please bear with me (& toss in corrections if I mess up).
1) As another msg has already said, copying the Action! cart
is not something you want to publicly advertise for.
2) Aside from that, it's impossible. The Action! cart is a
(32k?) bank selected "super-cart", meaning that there are
seperate sections of the Action! system that try to run
in the same address space (and can do so due to the bank
selection scheme). You can't get that out into one binary
file.
3) You might not have to create an autorun.sys to compile each
time. Try compiling Kermit. Write it to disk as "kermit.tmp"
Make a copy of your rs232 driver as autorun.sys & then use
the dos C option to append the two files
(C
What files? (or something like that)
kermit.tmp,autorun.sys/a
(rumble... rumble... rumble....)
D
What files?
kermit.tmp
)
Now, you have the disadvantage of having to reboot the system
each time you want to communicate, but you don't have to re-compile
each time.
Good luck,
-Richard Hartman
max.hartman@ames-vmsb
------ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank) (01/09/86)
> > > 2) Aside from that, it's impossible. The Action! cart is a > (32k?) bank selected "super-cart", meaning that there are > seperate sections of the Action! system that try to run > in the same address space (and can do so due to the bank > selection scheme). You can't get that out into one binary > file. > > -Richard Hartman > max.hartman@ames-vmsb > ------ Just a little correction to an otherwise fine article. The Action! cartridge is actually a 16k bank selectable cartridge. It uses only 8k of ram at any one time. It would be very difficult to duplicate because of the hardware inside the cartridge that does the bank selection. ray's my name Action's! my game.