T.SMALL DOS

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FILENAME(S): T.SMALL DOS

FILE TYPE(S): PRG

FILE SIZE: 1.8K

FIRST SEEN: 2025-11-30 18:12:19

APPEARS ON: 1 disk(s)

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DISK TITLE	FILENAME	FILE TYPE	COLLECTION	TRACK	SECTOR	ACTIONS
LOADSTAR 42 S 2	T.SMALL DOS	PRG	Sailor, Ganheden	23	3	DOWNLOAD FILE

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00000010: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 D3 CD C1 CC  |            ....|
00000020: CC 20 C4 CF D3 0D 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |. ....          |
00000030: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  42 59 0D 20 20 20 20 20  |        BY.     |
00000040: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D2  49 43 48 41 52 44 20 C3  |       .ICHARD .|
00000050: 55 52 43 49 4F 0D 0D 0D  C3 CF CD CD CF C4 CF D2  |URCIO...........|
00000060: C5 20 CD C1 C7 C1 DA C9  CE C5 0D CE 4F 56 45 4D  |. ..........OVEM|
00000070: 42 45 52 20 31 39 38 37  0D 0D 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A  |BER 1987..******|
00000080: 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A  2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A  |****************|
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000000B0: 44 4F 45 53 20 4E 4F 54  20 52 45 4C 49 4E 4B 20  |DOES NOT RELINK |
000000C0: 54 4F 0D 54 48 45 20 CC  CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 20  |TO.THE ........ |
000000D0: 4F 50 45 52 41 54 49 4E  47 20 53 59 53 54 45 4D  |OPERATING SYSTEM|
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000000F0: 4B 20 54 4F 20 52 45 54  55 52 4E 20 54 4F 20 CC  |K TO RETURN TO .|
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00000150: 4F 4D 4D 4F 4E 0D 44 49  53 4B 20 57 45 44 47 45  |OMMON.DISK WEDGE|
00000160: 20 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45  20 C3 4F 4D 4D 4F 44 4F  | FOR THE .OMMODO|
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000002C0: 45 20 54 48 45 20 41 4E  53 57 45 52 2E 20 20 D7  |E THE ANSWER.  .|
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00000380: 20 D2 C1 CD 20 59 4F 55  20 57 41 4E 54 2E 0D 0D  | ... YOU WANT...|
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000003E0: 52 41 4D 2E 20 20 C1 46  54 45 52 20 59 4F 55 20  |RAM.  .FTER YOU |
000003F0: 52 55 4E 20 49 54 2C 20  54 48 45 0D 50 52 4F 47  |RUN IT, THE.PROG|
00000400: 52 41 4D 20 41 53 4B 53  20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 20  |RAM ASKS IF YOU |
00000410: 57 49 53 48 20 54 4F 20  49 4E 53 54 41 4C 4C 0D  |WISH TO INSTALL.|
00000420: 54 48 45 20 57 45 44 47  45 20 41 54 20 54 48 45  |THE WEDGE AT THE|
00000430: 20 54 4F 50 20 4F 46 20  C2 C1 D3 C9 C3 2E 20 20  | TOP OF ......  |
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00000450: 55 54 20 49 54 20 53 4F  4D 45 57 48 45 52 45 20  |UT IT SOMEWHERE |
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00000470: 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 47  52 41 4D 20 57 49 4C 4C  |THE PROGRAM WILL|
00000480: 20 41 53 4B 20 46 4F 52  20 54 48 45 0D 41 44 44  | ASK FOR THE.ADD|
00000490: 52 45 53 53 2E 0D 0D 20  20 CF 4E 43 45 20 49 4E  |RESS...  .NCE IN|
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00000540: 4D 20 4E 41 4D 45 0D 0D  CC 4F 41 44 20 42 49 4E  |M NAME...OAD BIN|
00000550: 41 52 59 20 46 49 4C 45  3A 20 25 50 52 4F 47 52  |ARY FILE: %PROGR|
00000560: 41 4D 20 4E 41 4D 45 0D  0D D3 41 56 45 20 C2 C1  |AM NAME...AVE ..|
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000005B0: 47 45 20 44 45 46 41 55  4C 54 20 44 52 49 56 45  |GE DEFAULT DRIVE|
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000005D0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |                |
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00000720: CD C1 CC CC 20 C4 CF D3  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |.... ...        |
00000730: D3 CD C1 CC CC 20 C4 CF  D3 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20  |..... .....     |
00000740: 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5  4E 44 20 4F 46 20 D4 45  |  **** .ND OF .E|
00000750: 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D                           |XT ****.        |

..^U:HACKER...              SMALL DOS.  
                BY.            RICHARD C
URCIO...COMMODORE MAGAZINE.NOVEMBER 1987
..*************************************.
NOTE: SMALL DOS DOES NOT RELINK TO.THE L
OADSTAR OPERATING SYSTEM. REBOOT.THE DIS
K TO RETURN TO LOADSTAR..***************
**********************..  DOS 5.1 IS PRO
BABLY THE MOST COMMON.DISK WEDGE FOR THE
 COMMODORE -- IT.APPEARS ON THE TEST/DEM
O DISK THAT.COMES WITH 1541 AND 1571 DIS
K DRIVES..UNFORTUNATELY, DOS 5.1 IS SOME
TIMES.TOO LARGE TO BE USEFUL: SPRITE DES
IGN.PROGRAMS, CHARACTER EDITORS, AND.HIG
H-RES ANIMATION OFTEN INTRUDE INTO.THE M
EMORY AREA USED BY THE WEDGE...  IF YOU'
VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH DOS.5.1, RICHARD CU
RCIO'S SMALL DOS COULD.BE THE ANSWER.  W
HILE HALF THE SIZE.OF DOS 5.1, THIS DISK
 WEDGE PROVIDES.MOST OF THE SAME COMMAND
S THAT DOS.5.1 DOES.  YOU CAN INSTALL SM
ALL DOS.AT THE TOP OF BASIC OR PUT IT AL
MOST.ANYWHERE IN RAM YOU WANT...USING TH
E PROGRAM.-----------------.  SMALL DOS 
RUNS AND LOADS LIKE A.BASIC PROGRAM.  AF
TER YOU RUN IT, THE.PROGRAM ASKS IF YOU 
WISH TO INSTALL.THE WEDGE AT THE TOP OF 
BASIC.  IF.YOU WANT TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE 
ELSE IN.MEMORY, THE PROGRAM WILL ASK FOR
 THE.ADDRESS...  ONCE INSTALLED, THESE S
MALL DOS.COMMANDS ARE ACTIVE (IN DIRECT 
MODE.ONLY)...DIRECTORY: @$..DISPLAY DRIV
E STATUS: @..SEND COMMAND: @COMMAND..LOA
D BASIC PROGRAM: /PROGRAM NAME..LOAD BIN
ARY FILE: %PROGRAM NAME..SAVE BASIC PROG
RAM: [BACK ARROW].                    PR
OGRAM NAME..CHANGE DEFAULT DRIVE: @#N WH
ERE N=8.                      OR N=9..DI
SABLE SMALL DOS: @Q...WILD CARDS AND PAT
TERN MATCHING ARE.ALLOWED.  PRESSING THE
 SPACE BAR.PAUSES AND CONTINUES DIRECTOR
Y.LISTING; RUN/STOP TERMINATES LISTING..
THE DEFAULT DRIVE IS #8.  (ONLY #8.AND #
9 ARE ALLOWED.)  SAVE [BACK.ARROW] ALWAY
S DISPLAYS THE DRIVE.STATUS....DISK FILE
S THIS PROGRAM USES..T.SMALL DOS        
SMALL DOS..       **** END OF TEXT ****.

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