[Coco] Mindroll

[Arthur Flexser]

There were a number of utilities for running Rompacks from disk.  Most offset
loaded the saved file that starts at $C000 to $2000 (e.g.,
LOADM"GAME",&H2000-&HC000), so any pokes to the $4000 area would affect the code
originally at $D000.  After the code has been loaded in and any necessary pokes
applied, the machine is put in RAM mode if it isn't already, and the game is
block moved back to the $C000 area and executed there, so the code needn't be
relocatable.  (Since Disk Basic is at $C000, you can't load the game to there
directly.)

Art

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Willard Goosey wrote:

> >From: "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr at hotpop.com>
> >Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:01:25 -0700
> 
> >I'm guessing it's a patch applied before the code is relocated. 
> 
> Yeah, me too.
> 
> >Some Pak code was relocatable and would run anywhere but most was
> >not. Wish I could help more.
> 
> Hum.  I wish that list had all the instructions, not just half...  And
> none of the paks I have full patch docs for are on that list, so I
> can't compare the patch addresses.
> 
> Oh well,
> Willard
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