│OOT DISK
FILE INFORMATION
FILENAME(S): │OOT DISK
FILE TYPE(S): SEQ
FILE SIZE: 1K
FIRST SEEN: 2025-11-30 16:59:22
APPEARS ON: 1 disk(s)
FILE HASH
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FOUND ON DISKS (1 DISKS)
| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVANT V484 2 4 | │OOT DISK | SEQ | High Voltage Complete C64 Collection | 19 | 0 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
FILE CONTENT & ANALYSIS
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(0)...| 00000010: 53 20 59 4F 55 20 48 41 56 45 20 4E 4F 54 49 43 |S YOU HAVE NOTIC| 00000020: 45 44 2C 20 41 46 54 45 52 20 49 4E 53 54 41 4C |ED, AFTER INSTAL| 00000030: 4C 49 4E 47 20 D4 C8 C5 20 D3 C5 D2 D6 C1 CE D4 |LING ... .......| 00000040: 20 59 4F 55 52 20 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52 20 57 | YOUR COMPUTER W| 00000050: 4F 4E 27 54 20 54 52 59 20 54 4F 20 41 55 54 4F |ON'T TRY TO AUTO| 00000060: 42 4F 4F 54 2E 20 20 C2 55 54 20 49 46 20 59 4F |BOOT. .UT IF YO| 00000070: 55 20 44 4F 20 57 41 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 42 4F 4F |U DO WANT TO BOO| 00000080: 54 20 41 20 44 49 53 4B 2C 20 4A 55 53 54 20 48 |T A DISK, JUST H| 00000090: 49 54 20 54 48 45 20 22 30 22 20 4B 45 59 20 57 |IT THE "0" KEY W| 000000A0: 48 49 43 48 20 49 53 20 42 49 47 20 41 4E 44 20 |HICH IS BIG AND | 000000B0: 45 41 53 49 4C 59 20 41 43 43 45 53 53 49 42 4C |EASILY ACCESSIBL| 000000C0: 45 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 4E 55 4D 45 52 49 43 |E ON THE NUMERIC| 000000D0: 20 4B 45 59 50 41 44 2E 20 20 C9 46 20 59 4F 55 | KEYPAD. .F YOU| 000000E0: 20 41 52 45 20 55 53 49 4E 47 20 41 20 31 35 38 | ARE USING A 158| 000000F0: 31 2C 20 54 48 45 20 52 4F 4F 54 20 44 49 52 45 |1, THE ROOT DIRE| 00000100: 43 54 4F 52 59 20 49 53 20 53 45 4C 45 43 54 45 |CTORY IS SELECTE| 00000110: 44 2C 20 42 45 43 41 55 53 45 20 54 48 45 20 44 |D, BECAUSE THE D| 00000120: 52 49 56 45 20 43 41 4E 27 54 20 41 43 43 45 53 |RIVE CAN'T ACCES| 00000130: 53 20 54 48 45 20 42 4F 4F 54 20 53 45 43 54 4F |S THE BOOT SECTO| 00000140: 52 20 49 46 20 41 20 53 55 42 44 49 52 45 43 54 |R IF A SUBDIRECT| 00000150: 4F 52 59 20 49 53 20 53 45 4C 45 43 54 45 44 2E |ORY IS SELECTED.| 00000160: 20 20 D0 4C 45 41 53 45 20 4E 4F 54 45 20 54 48 | .LEASE NOTE TH| 00000170: 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 53 48 49 46 54 20 4B 45 59 |AT THE SHIFT KEY| 00000180: 53 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 44 45 54 45 52 4D 49 4E 45 |S WILL DETERMINE| 00000190: 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 44 52 49 56 45 20 57 49 4C | WHICH DRIVE WIL| 000001A0: 4C 20 42 45 20 55 53 45 44 2E 20 20 D5 4E 46 4F |L BE USED. .NFO| 000001B0: 52 54 55 4E 41 54 45 4C 59 20 C9 20 48 41 56 45 |RTUNATELY . HAVE| 000001C0: 20 46 4F 55 4E 44 20 56 45 52 59 20 46 45 57 20 | FOUND VERY FEW | 000001D0: 50 49 45 43 45 53 20 4F 46 20 53 4F 46 54 57 41 |PIECES OF SOFTWA| 000001E0: 52 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 42 4F 4F |RE THAT WILL BOO| 000001F0: 54 20 50 52 4F 50 45 52 4C 59 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 |T PROPERLY FROM | 00000200: 41 20 44 45 56 49 43 45 20 4F 54 48 45 52 20 54 |A DEVICE OTHER T| 00000210: 48 41 4E 20 38 2E 20 20 CD 41 4E 59 20 53 4F 46 |HAN 8. .ANY SOF| 00000220: 54 57 41 52 45 20 4D 41 4E 55 41 4C 53 20 49 4E |TWARE MANUALS IN| 00000230: 53 54 52 55 43 54 20 59 4F 55 20 54 4F 20 53 49 |STRUCT YOU TO SI| 00000240: 4D 50 4C 59 20 54 55 52 4E 20 4F 4E 20 59 4F 55 |MPLY TURN ON YOU| 00000250: 52 20 53 59 53 54 45 4D 20 54 4F 20 4D 41 4B 45 |R SYSTEM TO MAKE| 00000260: 20 54 48 45 20 53 4F 46 54 57 41 52 45 20 52 55 | THE SOFTWARE RU| 00000270: 4E 2E 20 20 D3 4F 4D 45 20 49 4E 53 54 52 55 43 |N. .OME INSTRUC| 00000280: 54 20 59 4F 55 20 54 4F 20 50 52 45 53 53 20 54 |T YOU TO PRESS T| 00000290: 48 45 20 52 45 53 45 54 20 42 55 54 54 4F 4E 2E |HE RESET BUTTON.| 000002A0: 20 20 D7 49 54 48 20 D4 C8 C5 20 D3 C5 D2 D6 C1 | .ITH ... .....| 000002B0: CE D4 20 49 4E 53 54 41 4C 4C 45 44 2C 20 54 48 |.. INSTALLED, TH| 000002C0: 45 52 45 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 42 45 20 41 4E 20 45 |ERE WILL BE AN E| 000002D0: 58 54 52 41 20 53 54 45 50 3A 20 20 D0 52 45 53 |XTRA STEP: .RES| 000002E0: 53 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 5A 45 52 4F 20 4B 45 |SING THE ZERO KE| 000002F0: 59 2E 20 20 C2 4F 4F 54 20 C4 49 53 4B 20 44 4F |Y. .OOT .ISK DO| 00000300: 4E 27 54 20 57 4F 52 4B 20 57 49 54 48 20 D2 C1 |N'T WORK WITH ..| 00000310: CD C4 CF D3 2E 20 20 C1 4C 53 4F 2C 20 59 4F 55 |..... .LSO, YOU| 00000320: 20 43 41 4E 27 54 20 55 53 45 20 54 48 49 53 20 | CAN'T USE THIS | 00000330: 46 45 41 54 55 52 45 20 57 49 54 48 20 41 20 44 |FEATURE WITH A D| 00000340: 52 49 56 45 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 48 41 53 20 49 |RIVE WHICH HAS I| 00000350: 54 53 20 44 45 56 49 43 45 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 |TS DEVICE NUMBER| 00000360: 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 44 20 54 48 52 4F 55 47 48 | CHANGED THROUGH| 00000370: 20 53 4F 46 54 57 41 52 45 20 28 55 53 49 4E 47 | SOFTWARE (USING| 00000380: 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 4D 4D 41 4E 44 20 22 55 30 | THE COMMAND "U0| 00000390: 3E 22 2B 43 48 52 24 28 4E 29 20 46 4F 52 20 45 |>"+CHR$(N) FOR E| 000003A0: 58 41 4D 50 4C 45 29 2C 20 42 45 43 41 55 53 45 |XAMPLE), BECAUSE| 000003B0: 20 54 48 45 20 31 32 38 27 53 20 42 4F 4F 54 20 | THE 128'S BOOT | 000003C0: 52 4F 55 54 49 4E 45 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 52 45 53 |ROUTINE WILL RES| 000003D0: 45 54 20 54 48 45 20 44 52 49 56 45 20 41 4E 44 |ET THE DRIVE AND| 000003E0: 20 54 48 45 52 45 42 59 20 41 4C 53 4F 20 52 45 | THEREBY ALSO RE| 000003F0: 53 54 4F 52 45 20 49 54 53 20 48 41 52 44 57 41 |STORE ITS HARDWA| 00000400: 52 45 2D 53 45 54 20 44 45 56 49 43 45 20 4E 55 |RE-SET DEVICE NU| 00000410: 4D 42 45 52 2E 0D |MBER.. |
BOOT DISK (0)..AS YOU HAVE NOTICED, AFTE R INSTALLING THE SERVANT YOUR COMPUTER W ON'T TRY TO AUTOBOOT. BUT IF YOU DO WAN T TO BOOT A DISK, JUST HIT THE "0" KEY W HICH IS BIG AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE ON THE NUMERIC KEYPAD. IF YOU ARE USING A 158 1, THE ROOT DIRECTORY IS SELECTED, BECAU SE THE DRIVE CAN'T ACCESS THE BOOT SECTO R IF A SUBDIRECTORY IS SELECTED. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SHIFT KEYS WILL DETERMINE WHICH DRIVE WILL BE USED. UNFORTUNATEL Y I HAVE FOUND VERY FEW PIECES OF SOFTWA RE THAT WILL BOOT PROPERLY FROM A DEVICE OTHER THAN 8. MANY SOFTWARE MANUALS IN STRUCT YOU TO SIMPLY TURN ON YOUR SYSTEM TO MAKE THE SOFTWARE RUN. SOME INSTRUC T YOU TO PRESS THE RESET BUTTON. WITH T HE SERVANT INSTALLED, THERE WILL BE AN E XTRA STEP: PRESSING THE ZERO KEY. BOOT DISK DON'T WORK WITH RAMDOS. ALSO, YOU CAN'T USE THIS FEATURE WITH A DRIVE WHI CH HAS ITS DEVICE NUMBER CHANGED THROUGH SOFTWARE (USING THE COMMAND "U0>"+CHR$( N) FOR EXAMPLE), BECAUSE THE 128'S BOOT ROUTINE WILL RESET THE DRIVE AND THEREBY ALSO RESTORE ITS HARDWARE-SET DEVICE NU MBER..
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