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From: casper@targon.UUCP (Casper Jansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Problem
Message-ID: <118@targon.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 07:21:30 EST
Article-I.D.: targon.118
Posted: Thu Jan  8 07:21:30 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 8-Jan-87 22:49:37 EST
References: <8701042337.AA11762@ohio-state.ARPA>
Reply-To: casper@targon.UUCP (Casper Jansen)
Organization: Nixdorf Computer BV., OSP, Vianen, The Netherlands
Lines: 53
Keywords: harddisk apple emulator
Summary: Problem solved.

In article <8701042337.AA11762@ohio-state.ARPA> terrell@OHIO-STATE.ARPA
(Eric Terrell) writes:
>
>
>I am not an expert on hard disks, although I have the Atari 20M.  Have
>you tried booting the system with the hard disk connected but turned
>off?
>
>If this is possible, you might be able to turn on the hard drive after
>the boot, and then run the format program from the floppy that came
>with the drive.
>
>Let me know if this works.
>
>Terrell
>

The very simple solution is to boot the computer without the harddisk
switched on. After the boot, you switch on the harddisk and run the
driver from the floppy. Having done this you have to install the C drive
with the install drive option, and of you go. You can acces your harddisk
and remove the problem.

While being on the subject, I have used a programm for a few weeks now
which boots my ST directly from my harddisk. This is achived through
a clever trick. If you power up your computer, you can see the ST accessing
the harddisk even before any drivers are loaded. Apparently, it reads
a little part from the harddisk into memory. The thing to do is to
put the harddisk driver in this exact place, so the computer reads this
into memory. As I said, I have been working with it for a few weeks now
and have had no problems. The HD boots up strait away, even if I have no
floppy in my drive. I think the program wich realises this is PD and
I could post it if there is enough intrest.

While writing this. I have a program which is called MacBongo, and which
does the same as the Magic Sac, but with software only. It uses parts
of the programms of David Small, with the difference that instead
of having the Apple Roms attached in a cartridge, it has the Roms on disk
as a file. I have played around with it, and everything works fine.
The good thing about this is that all you need is software, no more
hardware needed.
No printing is supported yet, but the author is working on it.


Well this was a bit of rambling here from cold Holland, if there is
enough intrest I will follow up soon with info about these two programs
as I see fit.

Casper Jansen
P.O. Box 40181
4130 ED Vianen
The Netherlands
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