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.TH "BAS2BOOT" 1 "2024-05-16" "1.0.2" "Jindroush's Atari 8-bit tools"
.SH NAME
bas2boot \- make a bootable Atari 8-bit disk image of a BASIC program
.SH SYNOPSIS
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bas2boot [\fB\-atr\fP | \fB\-xfd\fP | \fB\-scp\fP | \fB\-dcm\fP | \fB\-di\fP] [\fB\-long\fP] [\fB\-message\fP \fItext\fP] \fBbasic\-file\fP [\fBoutput\-disk\-image\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBbas2boot\fP creates an Atari 8\-bit disk image that consists of a boot
loader followed by a tokenized Atari BASIC program. When the disk is
booted on the Atari, the BASIC program is loaded into memory and run.
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There is no DOS on the disk; the BASIC program won\(aqt be able to use
the D: devices.
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The bootloader will enable BASIC if possible (600XL, 800XL, all
XEs). Otherwise (400/800/1200XL), the Atari BASIC cartridge must be
inserted. The bootloader doesn\(aqt work with other BASICs like BASIC XL,
TurboBASIC, etc.
.SH OPTIONS
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.B \fB\-atr\fP \fB\-xfd\fP \fB\-scp\fP \fB\-dcm\fP \fB\-di\fP
Set the output image type. Default: \fB\-atr\fP\&. Note that the image
type is \fInot\fP affected by the filename extension (the default
is still \fB\-atr\fP even with a file called \fIoutput.xfd\fP).
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.B \fB\-long\fP
Use \(aqclassic\(aq disk size (single density, 90KB). Default is to create a
short ATR file consisting only of the sectors used.
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.B \fB\-message\fP \fItext\fP
Sets message displayed while the program is loading.
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.SH EXIT STATUS
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Zero for success, non\-zero for failure.
.SH COPYRIGHT
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This utility is released under the GNU General Public License.
.SH AUTHORS
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This utility was written by Jindrich Kubec, AKA Jindroush.
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This page was written by B. Watson <\fI\%urchlay@slackware.uk\fP>.
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBacvt\fP(1),
\fBaext\fP(1),
\fBbas2boot\fP(1),
\fBchkbas\fP(1),
\fBchkexe\fP(1),
\fBchkrom\fP(1).
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