Hard Drive Boot Configs (AJM/MicroFox)

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RGDiRocco
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Hard Drive Boot Configs (AJM/MicroFox)

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With there now being mutiple harddrive systems available (ADAMnet, SASI/SCSI, MFM and IDE), I decided to try my hand at some hacking/programming to simplify use of these devices across different configurations.

Doug with MicroFox had done some development for these newly found Micro Innovations SASI cards and has created different boot configurations to allow more flexibility and utilize the hidden Drive #3 & #4 options ADAM already had encoded. His modified creations across the different hardware options, gave me the idea to combine them into one ROM I could use on all systems. The dream was to allow you to boot the cart and select you desired configuration. Got that done :)

The next step was to design in Auto-Detect, that is now working execpt for the ADAMnet drive due to different communication protocols. (maybe someday :)).

The project is progressing and I look foward to sharing additional information in the future.

FYI: The actual boot EPROM/ROM files belong to MicroFox, so the will only be released if they approve.
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Re: Hard Drive Boot Configs (AJM/MicroFox)

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Great job on the Boot Menu program and love the title screen with the rainbow bars. Isn't it great to become self-sufficient... well, of coarse with the groundwork of others as a big steppingstone.

Only downside is that there is only ONE person in the world that can choose all 7 of the options available in the menu!
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