What and where is SWITCH.DSK? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> To: <m100@lists.bitchin100.com> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2023 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [M100] Removing DVI Disk Basic
> Ah, and SWITCH.DSK must be what I thought I remembered seeing before > about switching between dvi and other. > > > On 3/2/23 10:29, Brian K. White wrote: >> See L-DVI.100 >> >> On 3/2/23 10:18, grima...@gmail.com wrote: >>> Just tried out BOOT.BA <http://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 >>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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> >>> > <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>>> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > On 3/2/23 07:37, grima...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:grima...@gmail.com> <mailto: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> <http://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> >>> <https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/search?q=Disk%2FVideo >>> <https://github.com/LivingM100SIG/Living_M100SIG/search?q=Disk%2FVideo>> >>> > >>> > Whoa Nelly! >>> > >>> > -- >>> > bkw >>> > >>> >>> -- bkw >>> >> > > -- > bkw
