1: Linking the needed macro libraries.
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If you tried assembling BetaDOS before reading this, it probably failed, with a
lot of complaints about missing files.  This is not a problem, and only shows
that you were too eager to get started.  A few preparations are needed first:

The folder named "RA.LIB" contains a cutdown version of my DevPac macro libs.
(The full libs contain lots of stuff not needed for BetaDOS.) You should place
it in some location natural for its use with DevPac.  I place it inside the
main DevPac folder on my systems, but you place it wherever you wish.

You need to add this folder to DevPac's list of known folders to be used with
"include" directives, and this can be done as follows:

In the DevPac "Options" menu, click "Control..." to bring up the dialog box
entitled "Assembler options - Control".  In the lower left section of that
dialog there is a sub-box entitled "'INCLUDE' directories", and there is a
button at its bottom labeld "Add".  Use that button to bring up a file
selector, and then use it to choose the folder "RA.LIB".


2: Patching the assembled binaries.
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BetaDOS is intended to have all the 'FastLoad' and 'FastMem' flags of the
binary set.  DevPac is not able to do this, however, so you need to do it
with an extra utility, or with one of the alternate desktops (eg: Thing)
which supports those flags.

Note that there may exist shoddy BOS or DOS files that don't properly allocate
DMA buffer RAM from ST RAM storage, using internal RAM of the driver instead
(may be TT RAM).  In such cases you may need to clear one or even both of the
FastMem flags of BetaDOS, if you insist on using such faulty drivers...

Best Regards:  Ronald Andersson
