Running A Cartridge From Dos - Atari DOS 2.5: XF551 Owner's Manual

You can now understand the entire default filespec used by DOS
in a DISK DIRECTORY procedure. When you press 1Rett.m ] in
response to the DIRECTORY - SEARCH SPEC, LIST FILE
prompt , DOS understands your response as 01 : · •. The 01: , as
you know, is the default code (Disk Drive 1). The' • stands for all
files on the diskette you want to check.
Running a Cartridge From DOS
With ATARI BASIC (whether it 's in cartridge form or built in your
computer) or any other cartridge-based programming language ,
you can write your own programs to run on your ATARI Computer.
And you can use programming language commands to store and
retrieve your programs on diskette. But you need DOS to man-
age your program files in other ways - for example, to copy or
erase them . By enabling you to shift control of your computer
from DOS to a programming language cartridge , the RUN CAR-
TRIDGE function on the DOS Menu allows you to use DOS and a
programming language at the same time .
The procedures described in this section are based on the as-
sumption that you ' re using ATARI BASIC (and that you 've loaded
BASIC along with DOS - see " Loading DOS," earlier in this
section). However, the same procedures apply to using DOS with
other programming language cartridges.
From BASIC to DOS and Back Again
When you load BASIC and DOS together, as explained earlier in
this section , the READY prompt appears. Again , going from
BASIC to DOS is easy - just type
~OS ,
then press I
Aetu'rl J.
The
DOS Menu appears on your screen .
To go from DOS to BASIC (or any cartridge-based program),
select B, RUN CARTRIDGE , from the DOS Menu , then press
I
Aet.l.m
I.
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