Date   : Sat, 21 Dec 1985 01:54:23 GMT
From   : Bruce Eckel <morgan%fluke.uucp@BRL.ARPA>
Subject: auto-booting a kaypro

>  I need some help in trying to figure out a way to get my KayproII to
>  autostart a file; I am working towards a "turnkey" system. I am
>  running CP/M 2.2. I am familiar with how Northstar did it on their
>  boxes running 2.2, but it seems this is different for Kaypro. Any
>  advice/pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>  

The easiest way for you to do this is to get Plu*perfect's enhanced
operating system for the Kaypro.  Look in a Profiles for the address;
they are in idyllwild CA.  Their system has an autoboot configuration
in the CPMCONFIG program.  They also have a lot of other nice things;
sort of a commercial ZCPR.

You could also do it by hacking around with the operating system;
apparently there is some space on the system tracks where, if you
insert a command line, it will autoboot that line.  I remember reading
about it, but I already had pluperfect so I didn't pay much attention.
It might be in a back issue of micro C (before they went MSDOS; well,
only one issue has come out since that happened, but I am still a bit
shocked at David Thompson -- last summer at SOG, he said he would
support CP/M tp the grave.  I didn't realize he meant *it's* grave).

       Bruce Eckel
       uw-beaver!fluke!morgan