[Coco] NitrOS-9 vs OS-9 was Re: Nitros9 and Smartwatch

[William Carlin]

I did not know you could modify a module on disk, just in memory.  Quite
useful..

WIlliam

On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:

> Richard E. Crislip wrote:
>
>> <snip>
>>
>> DMODE was the big bugaboo for me. Still struggling with it.
>>
>>
> Richard,
>
> Luckily for you, dmode is a command where the internal help has been left
> active.
>
> help dmode
> gives you a cursory explanation of the command but
>
> dmode
> gives you a detailed explanation of the syntax for the command.
>
> Usage:  DMode [/<device> || -<pathlist> || -?] [option] [option] [...]
>
> Purpose:  To report or alter current option settings of RBF device
>           descriptors in memory or on disk in single module files.
>
> Options:  nam, mgr, ddr, hpn, hpa, drv, stp, typ, dns, cyl, sid, vfy,
>           sct, t0s, ilv, sas, wpc, ofs, rwc.
>
> Examples:  dmode /dd
>                Prints the current option settings of the /DD descriptor
>                in memory.
>            dmode -modules/h0.dd nam=H1 drv=1 cyl=03FF rwc=ffff
>                Changes the module name in the MODULES/H0.dd file to H1,
>                sets the physical drive number to 1, cylinders to $03FF,
>                and the Reduced Write Current cylinder to $FFFF.
>            dmode -?
>                Prints more complete information on all of the options.
>
> Robert
>
>
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