Atari DOS 2.5 Source Code from OSS ; (C) 1985 Atari, Inc. and OSS, Inc.#


TITLE "FMS - Dual Density for Atari 1050 drives (2.50)"
PAGE " --- Copyright and Author Notice ---"

Copyright (c) 1978,1979,1980,1982,1984
Optimized Systems Software, Incorporated
San Jose, California

THIS PROGRAM MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED,
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Originally designed and coded by
Paul Laughton of Shepardson Microsystems, Inc.

Modified for Atari 1050 and 130XE by
Mark Rose & Bill Wilkinson
of O.S.S., Inc.

January, 1985

This is the working source code from OSS, Inc. for the Atari DOS 2.5 system software. We deeply thank:

Paul Laughton
Mark Rose
Bill Wilkinson

for writing the software and the following users from AtariAge:

ndary
bob1200xl
ivop
Urchlay

for preserving the source code for generations to come.

How to build Atari DOS 2.5 from OSS#

First, please read these two text files and have 48 KB RAM in your Atari:
Then, please go on with these disk images:
  • builddos.atr(info) ; DOS II 2.0s disk image with all files needed to create DOS 2.5 with the below given files.
  • empty.atr(info) ; Blank DOS II 2.0s formatted disk-image to work with the above files.
  • mac65102.car(info) ; MAC/65 Version 1.02 cartridge to read in the above MAC/65-files. Many thanks to AtariGeezer from AtariAge for giving us that rare to find 034M-cartridge from OSS.

The above image builddos.atr needs the following source files. Here we can go on in two ways:

a) the easy one:

If you have booted with the above disk image, please insert either the dossrc_a-w.atr image or the dossrc-w.atr image in drive 2 (D2:):
  • dossrc_a-w.atr(info) ; Working source code for building the FMS (File Management System -> DOS.SYS-file) on an SD ATR-image with MAC/65-files.
  • dossrc_b-w.atr(info) ; Working source code for building the DUP.SYS-file on an SD ATR-image with MAC/65-files.
  • dossrc-w.atr(info) ; Same as the both images above, but on just a single DD ATR-image with DOS 2.0D.

Then type:
LOAD #D2:FMS.M65
ASM
You should receive the following figure:
Successful assembled source code for the creation of DOS.SYS

Then insert either the dossrc_b-w.atr image or leave the dossrc-w.atr image in drive 2 (D2:):

Then type:
LOAD #D2:DUP.M65
ASM
You should receive the following figure:
Successful assembled source code for the creation of DUP.SYS

Congratulations! You have created the object code for building DOS 2.5. :-)))
On how to go on further, please read the recipe above.

b) the hard one:

The way is the same as in example a), except, that the below given original source files:
  • dossrc_a.atr(info) ; Original source code for building the FMS (File Management System -> DOS.SYS-file) on an SD ATR-image with MAC/65-files.
  • dossrc_b.atr(info) ; Original source code for building the DUP.SYS-file on an SD ATR-image with MAC/65-files.
  • dossrc.atr(info) ; Same as the both images above, but on just a single DD ATR-image with DOS 2.0D.

have to be patched to actually work. Please read the recipe above on how to this.