Tos 2.06 mod, startup delay begone.

guus.assmann · Post by **guus.assmann** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 3:20 pm

Hello,

Once uppon a time, I saw some notes on how to get rid of the startup delay in Tos 2.06.
I mean the delay that's needed for a HD to spinn up.
As I'm using Ultrasatan or a CF-card as a drive replacement, this delay is not needed and it annoys me.
And now, I'd like to find this again.
But it keeps eluding me.
Any help is appreciated.

BR/
Guus

Bikerbob · Post by **Bikerbob** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 4:43 pm

only mod I know is the space bar..

sorry no help there. I too find it annoying though, as I have been servicing the machines the last few weeks so off and on many times,

James

Post by **exxos** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:41 pm

Only person who may know is pepra I think..

Other than bashing space bar as said already, the only other way would be to patch TOS. At least as far as I am aware..

troed · Post by **troed** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:09 pm

Boot from a disk with Atari's noroach: http://vezz.it/atari/auto/noroach.zip

/Troed

Post by **Petari** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:38 am

Yep, I did some simple patch what skips those delays after booting TOS 2.06.
If someone needs it, let me know - I need to dig it out.

guus.assmann · Post by **guus.assmann** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:51 pm

Hello Petari,

I would really like to have that, as a patch in the Tos. (I have a flashable Tos anyway, so it's convenient to get that in.)
So please, it you can find it, It would make me happy.
Thanks in advance.

BR/
Guus