Hardware File Loader

[h0ffman]

Does anyone have code for a hardware file loader? Wanting to run some preliminary tests on a little project I'm working on.

[pmc]

Watcha h0ffman.

When you say "hardware file loader" do you mean: an asm routine that will let you load files using calls to the OS routines for loading a file or do you mean an asm trackloader that will let you load data that you've written to a disk...?

EDIT: for asm OS routines for opening files, check this .pdf manual:

http://amiga-manuals.xiik.net/ebooks...0eBook-ENG.pdf

and look in the contents for Disk Operations where there are some source code snippets for what you'll want.

For the trackloader option, drop me a PM - I can send you my code.

[StingRay]

Originally Posted by pmc

When you say "hardware file loader" do you mean: an asm routine that will let you load files using calls to the OS routines for loading a file or do you mean an asm trackloader that will let you load data that you've written to a disk...?

What he means is a custom hardware loader which loads files without the OS. Basically a trackloader which handles normal files instead of track/sector offsets. Eg. something like:

lea name(pc),a0
lea $60000,a1
bsr LoadFile
...
rts

name: dc.b "df0:yay.exe",0

And Loadfile would then find the file on disk and load it without using the OS.

[pmc]

Oh, OK.

Scratch what I said then h0ff.

[phx]

Originally Posted by StingRay

What he means is a custom hardware loader which loads files without the OS. Basically a trackloader which handles normal files instead of track/sector offsets.

Yes, he could mean that, but it's not becoming 100% clear.
It is also unclear if he wants to read from 3.5" floppy disks, from hard disk, or any other kind of device supported by the OS.
I remember I wrote such a trackloader which supports loading files from OFS or even FFS about 20 years ago, but I would have to search it on old backups.

[StingRay]

Originally Posted by phx

Yes, he could mean that, but it's not becoming 100% clear.
It is also unclear if he wants to read from 3.5" floppy disks, from hard disk, or any other kind of device supported by the OS.

Common sense tells me that he's looking for what I described in my first post. Also, he said he's working on a little project and I don't think one would need a direct IDE/SCSI harddisk loader for such a project (and it wouldn't really make sense anyway).

[Galahad/FLT]

I know for a fact Stingray is right, because Hoffman has used a term I used to use around him years ago.

He wants a fileloader that will load files from an AmigaDOS disk without having to use the OS to do it.

Case closed, end of!

Theres plenty around Ian, either ask Stingray for his fileloader, or use N.O.M.A.D's final fileloader from any of his later cracks (easy to remove and work out how to use it), or use the RNC Fileloader, its a bit bigger than other fileloaders, but its got built in load/save functionality and can also access directories unlike most fileloaders.

[WayneK]

Or visit flashtro.com, and go to the sources->loaders section, and download one from there...

[Galahad/FLT]

When I said N.O.M.A.D's loader, its actually a recoded version of Weetibix's of Oracles loader.

[h0ffman]

Top marks to StringRay and Phil, spotted that a mile off.

Cheers for the pointers, I'll get on the hunt