T.BASICS
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FILENAME(S): T.BASICS
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CHANNEL, WITH THE OPEN COMMAND. THE.USU
AL SYNTAX IS OPEN15,8,15... THE FIRST
15 IS THE CHANNEL.NUMBER, THE 8 IS THE
DRIVE NUMBER,.AND THE LAST 15 IS THE SEC
ONDARY.ADDRESS. IN GENERAL, THE FIRST NU
MBER.IS THE SAME AS THE THIRD NUMBER....
.... YOU CAN SEND SEVERAL USEFUL.COMM
ANDS TO THE DRIVE. FOR INSTANCE,.TO FOR
MAT A DISK, YOU USE THIS:.. OPEN15,8,1
5,"N0:DISK NAME,ID":. CLOSE15..
IN THE IMMEDIATE MODE IT'S A GOOD.IDEA
TO CLOSE THE CHANNEL RIGHT AWAY..IN A P
ROGRAM IT'S OFTEN BETTER TO.KEEP CHANNEL
#15 OPEN WHILE YOU ARE.READING OR WRITI
NG TO OTHER CHANNELS... IN ADDITION T
O FORMATTING, OTHER.THINGS YOU CAN DO AR
E SCRATCHING,.RENAMING AND COPYING FILES
,.INITIALIZING THE DRIVE AND VALIDATING.
THE DISK ITSELF...THESE ARE THE SYNTAXES
...TO SCRATCH A FILE FROM THE DISK:..
OPEN 15,8,15,"S0:FILENAME":CLOSE15..TO R
ENAME A FILE ON THE DISK:.. OPEN15,8,1
5,"R0:NEWNAME=OLDNAME":. CLOSE15.
. TO COPY A FILE UNDER ANOTHER NAME.O
N THE SAME DISK:.. OPEN15,8,15,"C0:NEW
NAME=0:OLDNAME". :CLOSE15....
TO INITIALIZE THE DRIVE - THIS.WILL STOP
THE DRIVE LIGHT FROM.BLINKING:.. OPEN
15,8,15,"I0":CLOSE15..TO VALIDATE A DISK
:.. OPEN15,8,15,"V0":CLOSE15.. THE
HANDIEST THING TO DO WITH THE.COMMAND/ER
ROR CHANNEL IS TO READ THE.DRIVE STATUS.
IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO DO.THIS IN A PROGR
AM THAT READS OR.WRITES TO THE DISK. TH
EN, IN CASE OF.AN ERROR, YOU'LL HAVE THE
INFORMATION.YOU NEED TO DIAGNOSE THE PR
OBLEM.... IN A PROGRAM, THE ERROR CHA
NNEL IS.READ LIKE THIS:.. 400 OPEN15,8
,15. 410 INPUT#15,ER%,ER$,TR%,SE%. 4
20 CLOSE15.. ER% WILL BE THE ERROR NU
MBER..ER$ IS THE ERROR MESSAGE. FOR A.D
ESCRIPTION OF THE ERROR MESSAGES,.SEE TH
E LITTLE BOOK THAT CAME WITH.YOUR DISK D
RIVE. TR% AND SE% ARE THE.TRACK AND SECT
OR WHERE THE ERROR.OCCURRED....... IN
YOUR PROGRAM YOU SHOULD OPEN.THE ERROR
CHANNEL BEFORE OPENING.ANOTHER CHANNEL F
OR DISK ACCESS, AND.CLOSE THE ERROR CHAN
NEL AFTER.CLOSEING THE OTHER CHANNEL. Y
OU MAY.WANT TO PRINT THE ERROR MESSAGE T
O.THE SCREEN OR JUST ACT UPON IT..READIN
G THE ERROR CHANNEL WILL STOP.THE DRIVE
FROM BLINKING... THERE IS A NIFTY WAY
OF READING.THE ERROR CHANNEL IN THE IMM
EDIATE.MODE. ENTER THIS LINE:.. OPEN15
,8,15:FORI=0TO25:. SYS43096#15,E$
:?E$;:. IFST=0THENNEXT... ANYT
IME YOU ARE OPENING AND.CLOSEING FILES I
N A PROGRAM YOU WILL.ENCOUNTER ERRORS.
BY READING THE.ERROR CHANNEL YOU CAN FIG
URE OUT WHAT.WENT WRONG AND CONTINUE WIT
H.CONFIDENCE. MANY TIMES THE PROBLEM.IS
A SIMPLE "DRIVE NOT READY" AND AN.INITI
ALIZATION IS ALL THAT'S NEEDED... THE
MAIN REASON FOR INITIALIZING.IS TO TELL
THE DRIVE THAT YOU ARE.USING A NEW DISK
. SINCE MANY DISKS.HAVE IDENTICAL ID NU
MBERS --.LOADSTAR DISKS USE S1, S2, S3
OR S4.-- IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU.INITIA
LIZE THE DRIVE AFTER SWAPPING.DISKS THAT
MAY HAVE THE SAME ID.... IF THE DRIV
E THINKS YOU ARE STILL.USING THE SAME DI
SK, AND YOU'RE NOT,.IT CAN EASILY WRITE
ONE FILE OVER.ANOTHER AND YOU'LL LOSE TH
E FIRST.FILE... FOR FURTHER INFORMATI
ON ON THE.1541 DISK DRIVE I RECOMMEND:..
INSIDE COMMODORE DOS. BY IMMER
S AND NEUFELD. PUBLISHED BY DATAMO
ST, INC... THE ANATOMY OF THE 1541.
BY ENGLISCH AND SZCZEPANOWSKI.
PUBLISHED BY ABACUS SOFTWARE..
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