Atari DOS 2.5: XF551 Owner's Manual page 6

SECTION 4: USING BASIC COMMANDS
WITH DOS
2.5 ..... . ...... .
. ... 63
BASIC Commands Used With DOS . . ......... . ..••...... 63
Tokenized and Untokenized Files . . . . . . .• . ......•.. . ... 63
Input/Output Control Blocks ............................. 66
Using the OPEN/CLOSE Commands ............ . ......... 67
Using the INPUT/PAINT Commands ................ . . .. ... 6B
Direct Accessing With the NOTElPOINTCommands .... . . .... 70
The PUTIGET Commands ................. ........ . . .... 74
Using the STATUS Command .. . .......................... 76
Substituting the XID Command for DOS Menu Options ........ 76
Accessing Damaged Files ............................... 79
The AUTORUN.SVS File . .. .... .... 80
APPENDICES ............. . . .... 83
A: ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF
BASIC RESERVED WORDS
USED WITH DISK OPERATIONS ..........•..•......... 83
B: NOTATIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
USED WITH DOS 2.5
C: ERROR MESSAGES
87
AND HOW TO RECOVER. . . . . . . . • • .. . • • • • • • . . . . . 91
D: DOS 2.5 MEMORY MAP
FOR 64K RAM SYSTEM ...................••........ 101
E: HEXADECIMAL TO DECIMA L
CONVERSION TABLE .................. . .... ..... . 103
F: HOW TO SPEED UP DATA TRANSFERS
TO DISK DRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 105
G: HOW TO TELL DOS HOW MANY
DISK DRIVES YOU HAVE .................. •. ........ 107
H: USING DOS 2.5 WITH AN ATARI 810
DISK DRIVE OR WITH DOS 2.0S FILES ................. 111
I:
STRUCTURE OF A
COMPOUND BINARY FILE .. . . . . . ...........•........ 117
J:
GLOSSARY OF TERMS ...................•...... . .. 119
K: DOS 2.5 AND THE ATARI130XE RAM DISK ....•......... 125
L: THE DOS 2.5 DISK UTILITIES .. . ...................... 129
M: ATARI XF551 DISK DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS ............. 141
N: POWER CONNECTION IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM .................... . ........ 143
INDEX .. ...... ......... ..... ...•..•.. ..•....•.. •.. .... 145
CUSTOMER SUPPORT . . . . .. . ..•.... .. ... • . .. ...... 149
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