Date   : Fri, 22 Apr 1988 15:58:42 GMT
From   : marque!gryphon!crash!mwilson@csd1.milw.wisc.edu (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Fail to install P2DOS on Apple

In article <3414@zeus.TEK.COM> donk@dadla.UUCP (Donald C. Kirkpatrick) writes:
> 
>   I sure don't see anything real obvious. One trap I fell into is to try
>   to use M80/L80 and not use the phase pseudo op. I don't think it is
>   possible to build a hex file properly without the org/phase statements
>   as described. Every attempt without using org/phase resulted in hundreds
>   of zero-filled records where I wanted nothing at all. Probably, you didn't
>   delete any org/phase/aseg statement so it should work properly.

     One possibility would be to tell L80 to make a hex file with an origin
at the location you need.  It doesn't have to start at 0100H, you know.

>   Let me offer a ray of hope. I am including a program that I almost
>   included with the submital. It trys to load the image into memory
>   starting at address 4000H. That starting address leaves room to load
>   the image and execute DDT/ZSID so you never have to write a .com
>   file to disk. All you have to do is load the image by running the
>   program, run DDT to add the bdos image, then run the program again
>   to write the image to disk. The program is self-documenting, so give it
>   a try and let me know what happens.

     Why is something like this necessary?  The image is up in memory,
*above* where DDT/SID/ZSID will load.  SYSGEN will load below this.
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