Date   : Thu, 02 Dec 1999 04:27:56 +0000
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: How do you autorun a program from ROM?

In article <38257EC1.4370B55D@...>, Chris Richardson
<chris@...> writes
>Hi all
>
>Someone has asked me this:
>
>>Another tech question: is it possible to have a program on EPROM that >runs as 
>soon as you start the BBC (ie, just switch it on without having >to enter any 
>keyboard command)?
>
>I assume he means a BASIC program.

If it's not a BASIC program, but a standard language ROM, installing it
to the right of the BASIC ROM will cause it to be entered at switch on.

Beebug published a utility a to allow you to 'ROMify' BASIC programs and
load then using the ROMFS.  This worked well.  It might be located by
searching the Beebug files on Chris Richardson's site.

-- 
Mike Tomlinson