Date   : Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:45:23 +0100
From   : "David Hunt" <dm.hunt@...>
Subject: Re: Attributes of a !BOOT File

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...] On Behalf Of
> Jeff Gaines
> Sent: 20 October 2005 00:23
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: [BBC-Micro] Attributes of a !BOOT File
> 
> Hello Group,
> 
>   I am playing with BeebEm and extracting files from games disks to
>   put on individual disks using DFS Explorer.
> 
>   All is going well except I am struggling to get the !BOOT file set up
>   properly. For instance I have one that contains:
> 
>   *B.
>   PAGE=&1900
>   CH."MONST"
> 
>   which is an excerpt from the original !BOOT file. Pressing Shift +
>   F12 doesn't run his file, although it does on the original. Typing
>   CH."MONST" at the command line starts and runs the program fine.
> 
>   Do I need to set some attributes to make it auto-boot?
> 
>   Which of the many manuals might contain this sort of information?
> 
>   Many thanks.
> 
> --
> Regards
> Jeff Gaines
> Damerham Hampshire UK
> 

Discs need to be set to EXEC !BOOT by using *OPT 4,3

This should be in the User Guide.

Dave ;)