Just tried out BOOT.BA and it works pretty well. Only thing I don't love about it, is that you need to re-enter the Time/Date after removing Disk-BASIC.
I think I'm going to modify it to store the current date/time in ALTLCD before clearing the ram, as I think that location ought to be protected. -George On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:48 AM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I never noticed that, but I just tried it and you're right, the dvi > needs the system disk on every power-on, not just for installation. > > -- > bkw > > On 3/2/23 09:20, grima...@gmail.com wrote: > > I guess the need to pack the Disk BASIC away is pretty limited, since > > when the DVI starts up, it loads software into it's RAM from the system > > disk, the same disk which you can use to load Disk BASIC to the M100. So > > even if you were to pack and reload Disk BASIC, the DVI will be useless > > without the system disk. (unless there is a way to load the DVI software > > into the DVI from the System Bus connector of the M100.) > > > > That would be great if possible, you could bootstrap a DVI without the > > original disk. > > > > -George > > > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:11 AM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com > > <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > On 3/2/23 07:37, grima...@gmail.com <mailto:grima...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Brian, > > > > > > Just reading the descriptions in your link and they seem to be > > exactly > > > what I need. > > > > Looks like also D100.BA <http://D100.BA> and DISABL.DVI > > > > I would have sworn I saw directions in the user manual, but I don't > see > > anything like that now. > > > > There may be yet other programs or texts elsewhere in the m100sig > > besides these too. > > > > I thought I saw some that don't just unload the dvi software but pack > > it away for restoring later, and did the same for other dosses like > for > > chipmunk or tpdd, and let you flip back & forth between them. > > > > Here's something cool, search the entire m100sig using the search > > box on > > github: > > > > > https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/search?q=Disk%2FVideo < > https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/search?q=Disk%2FVideo> > > > > Whoa Nelly! > > > > -- > > bkw > > > > -- > bkw > >
