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INITIALIZATION FROM OS ROMS:

      CLEAR CHIPS
      DISABLE DMA AND INTERRUPTS
      CLEAR THE SCREEN
      CHECK THE HARDWARE
      PASS OR FAIL THE HARDWARE TO THE SCREEN  (BLUE|BAD) (DARKGRAY|OK)
      CHECKSUM THE ROMS
      PASS OR FAIL THE ROMS TO THE SCREEN    (RED|BAD) (LIGHTGRAY|OK)
      SYSTEM SETUP

RAM TEST:

      CHECK THE RAM AT $C00000
      MOVE SYS_BASE TO $C00000 (IF IT EXISTS)
      RAM TEST
      PASS OR FAIL THE RAM TO THE SCREEN (LED BLINKS 9SHORT 1LONG | GREEN | BAD)

CHECK THE SOFTWARE:

      PASS OR FAIL THE SOFTWARE TO THE SCREEN  (YELLOW|BAD) (LIGHTGRAY|OK)
      SET UP THE RAM
      LINK THE LIBRARIES
      FIND EXTERNAL RAM AND LINK IT TO THE LIST
      SET UP INTERRUPTS AND DMA (FOR BOOT DRIVE ESPECIALLY)
      START DEFAULT TASK
      CHECK FOR 68010, 68020, AND 68881
      CHECK FOR AN EXCEPTION (SYSTEM ALERT?)

SYSTEM RESET:

      READY TO START

       COMPILED & WRITTEN BY PAUL ANDREWS JR
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