[Coco] DECB DOS Command

tim lindner tlindner at ix.netcom.com
Sat Dec 13 03:09:08 EST 2003


I was just reading the Disk BASIC unravelled book and came away with the
following question:

Why does the 'DOS' command first issue a SWI3 instruction?

Disk BASIC sets up the SWI3 vector to do nothing. It just returns to the
caller. 

Also there is a bug noted in the DOS command: It will read track 34 from
the last drive used. It is documented to only read track 34 from drive
zero. But drive zero is just what DECB defaults to.

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tim lindner
tlindner at ix.netcom.com                                            Bright



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