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LOAD COMMAND
Main Option
none
u
v
Other Option
none
G
«st'I'::»
18. 1 -- Use
Function
Load
p~og~am
into
contiguous
memory
above MDOSi
keep MDOS SWI
vecto~
to allow
system
function
access.
Load program into User Memory, Map
of an EXORc
i
sel' -1 I sy stem
lIIi
th
a
dual memory map conTiguration.
Allow
program
to load over MDOS
or
anywhere
else
in
memor~i
disable MDOS's SWI vector.
Function
,
--------
Enter debug monitor after loading
pl'og-ram.
Execute
p~ogram.arter
loading.
In
i t-i
ali z e
MDOS .
comma n d
1 in e
buffer
with the character string
<str>
as
indicated
in
the
enclosed parentheses.
The
<options::>
are
discussed
in
detail
sections.
in
the following
The LOAD command does not verify that memory exists
for
the
areas
into
which
a
program
gets
loaded.
Command-i nterpreter-l oadab 1 e programs
(sec t ion
18.
1.
1)
are
guaranteed
that
memorq exi9ts since the memory
~as
sized at
initialization
timei
however,
programs
loading
into
discontiguous
areas of
memor~
o~
into the User
Memor~
Map of
a dual
memo~~
map
configuration- are
not
guaranteed
that
memory exists.
The operator is responsible for knowing where
memor~
is configured in his
s~stem
and where his programs are
loaded.
Also,
du.e to the nature
Or
the diskette contl"ollerl
it is not possible
Tor
the LOAD command to
compare
what
is
read
from
the
~ile
with
~hat
is stored into memory.
Only
diskette controller read errors can be detected.
Programs brought into memory from the diskette
will
be
loaded
in
multiples
of
eight
bytes.
This
fact must be
considered when programs are loaded into adJacent
blocks
of
memory
close
to
othel'
programs,
or if programs are loaded
into the upper end of a block of memory.
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