morgan@fluke.UUCP (Bruce Eckel) (12/21/85)
> I need some help in trying to figure out a way to get my KayproII to > autostart a file; I am working towards a "turnkey" system. I am > running CP/M 2.2. I am familiar with how Northstar did it on their > boxes running 2.2, but it seems this is different for Kaypro. Any > advice/pointers would be greatly appreciated. > The easiest way for you to do this is to get Plu*perfect's enhanced operating system for the Kaypro. Look in a Profiles for the address; they are in idyllwild CA. Their system has an autoboot configuration in the CPMCONFIG program. They also have a lot of other nice things; sort of a commercial ZCPR. You could also do it by hacking around with the operating system; apparently there is some space on the system tracks where, if you insert a command line, it will autoboot that line. I remember reading about it, but I already had pluperfect so I didn't pay much attention. It might be in a back issue of micro C (before they went MSDOS; well, only one issue has come out since that happened, but I am still a bit shocked at David Thompson -- last summer at SOG, he said he would support CP/M tp the grave. I didn't realize he meant *it's* grave). Bruce Eckel uw-beaver!fluke!morgan
greenber@phri.UUCP (Ross Greenberg) (12/23/85)
> > > I need some help in trying to figure out a way to get my KayproII to > > autostart a file; I am working towards a "turnkey" system. I am > > running CP/M 2.2. I am familiar with how Northstar did it on their > > boxes running 2.2, but it seems this is different for Kaypro. Any > > advice/pointers would be greatly appreciated. > > > The copy program that comes with the KAYPRO has the ability of setting up the autostart line when you are copying or formatting a disk.
NBaheti.es@XEROX.ARPA (12/25/85)
Also, along with the FORMAT system, there are programs available that will do the trick. Or you could dig down into the first few sectors on the disk and find the 20H characters that signify such a spot. --Arun Baheti NBaheti.es@Xerox ...litvax!flkvax!trwrb!group3!arun