[Coco] DRIVE OFF - Replacement - What Do you think.

[Camillus Blockx]

Or DISKMODE H,W,R,F

H  =  HARDDRIVE
W =  WIREDRIVE
R =   RAMDRIVE
F =.  FLOPPY DRIVE

This way it's easier to remember which device is mentioned to use

Cb

On Wed, Jul 4, 2018, 7:44 PM <coco at jechar.ca> wrote:

>
>   The DRIVE OFF command was a good Idea when there was just FLOPPY / HARD
> DRIVE.
>
>   But Now we have Drive Wire in the mix.
>
>   Why not make a command such as
>
>   DSKMODE
>
>   Where the syntax  DSKMODE X
>
>   Where X = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
>
>   And
>
>   0 =  All Hard Drives 0 - 256
>   1 =  All Drive Wire  0 - 256
>   2 =  Drives 0 - 3 Floppy Drives,  Drives  4 - 256  Hard Drive
>   3 =  Drives 0 - 3 Floppy Drives,  Drives 4 -9 Drive Wire, Drives  10 -
> 256  Hard Drive
>   4 =  Drives 0 - 3 Floppy Drives,  Drives 4 -9 Ram Disk, Drives  10 -
> 256  Hard Drive
>
>
>   Such a command would simplify dealing with all these media types.
>
>
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