This archive contains the source code to a replacement bootstrap program for the Amstrad
PCW computers.

The real bootstrap program is contained in the printer IC in the PCW computer and at this time
there is no dump of this program. 

I wanted to develop an emulation of the PCW computer for the M.E.S.S. project, so I developed
this alternative bootstrap program to use with it. (In M.E.S.S. language this is the 'BIOS'
of the PCW - but in reality it is not really a BIOS as it is only a program to boot from the disc.
The real BIOS is normally provided by the CP/M operating system which is on the disc).

The wip directory contains unfinished code which would make the bootstrap more user-friendly, because
it would display instructions and messages to the user. 

This was intended to be incorporated into the pcwboot.asm code, but I never completed it.

This source is released under the GNU Public License V2.

Kevin Thacker, April 2004

