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authorB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2022-11-16 02:09:57 -0500
committerB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2022-11-16 02:47:14 -0500
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dla.atr: add autorun.sys, which requires XIO 40 (exec binary file), so switch to MyDOS.
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@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ even be modern Windows), with the following software installed:
recent version should do; I used 2.19.
- Optional: "perl", the Perl 5 interpreter. Only used to generate the
- files dlatbl.s, dlaver.inc, and dlaver.h. These files are part
- of the source distribution, so you only need Perl if you're going
- to modify the data tables (the mkdlatbl.pl script), or change the
- version number (mkver.pl).
+ files dlatbl.s, dlaver.inc, dlaver.h, and (for "make disk"),
+ about.dat. These files are part of the source distribution, so
+ you only need Perl if you're going to modify the data tables (the
+ mkdlatbl.pl script), or change the version number (mkver.pl),
+ or the intro screen in dla.atr (ABOUT.txt).
- Optional: "cc", a host C compiler (e.g. gcc or clang). Only used for
compiling dla2csv for the host.
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ You should be able to build everything from a terminal by typing
and (if possible) dla2csv for the host.
If you want a disk image, you can try "make disk", which will create
-dla.atr (if you have axe on your $PATH).
+dla.atr (if you have axe on your $PATH). The disk is MyDOS formatted,
+single density.
Ideally, all the software should be found in your $PATH. If not,
you can set the full paths by defining them on the make command line.