Date   : Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:51:26 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: System DOS / System fileserver?

Jules Richardson wrote:
> Has anyone got a copy of DOS or the fileserver code for the System 
> machines?
> 
> I've got a copy of Atom DOS if it comes to it (which uses the System 
> FDC, so *might* work), but I'd rather have the real thing if possible.

Rats, no the Atom disk doesn't work - running FORM40 just throws a couple of 
random characters into screen memory and then drops back to the prompt.

I suspect that memory locations are different between the two machines, and 
either the Atom's disk formatter is getting loaded at an odd address or it's 
expecting to find the FDC at a different location...

(By 'DOS disk' I mean the utilities disk that came both with the Atom Disk 
Pack and the System machines, containing the disk formatter, compacter, and 
file info programs - the System's 40 track DOS ROM has enough smarts in it to 
do stuff like disk cataloguing)

cheers

Jules