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APPENDIX
J
MDOS 3.00 Dirrerences
7.
The
COpy
command
allows users with an EXORtape
paper
tape
reader
to
use
that
device.
In
addition,
a
use~
can
provide
his
own device
driver to be used
by
COpy for an input
or
output
device.
8.
The
LOAD
command allows files to be loaded into
the User
Memc~~
Map of
an
EXORciser
II
system
that has the
dua 1
memor'l map c onf i
9
ured.
Th is is
dene with the "U" option.
The
"V"
option
now
allows
programs
to be loaded anywhere in
memor~
(not below
$20
or
beyond
$FFFFI
however).
In
addition,
the
stack pointer is set to the EXbug
stack area Ulhen the
nv"
option is speciried.
9,
The DEL command will
display
the
logical
unit
numbers
along with the file names shown as being
deleted
or
protected.
In
addition,
the
command
line
processing
has been changed so that
a
null
file name
am~ng
a list of multiple file names
is
invalid.
10.
The
BINEX
command
generates
an
SO
record
containing the memory image file name and suffix.
12.
All standard error messages are displa'led with
a
two-digit
decimal reference number to allow them
to be easily
looked
up
in
the
error
message
chapter
OT
the
new
MDOS
manual.
Most error
messages
are
still,
the
same.
However")
the
wording
was changed on several to make them more
uniform.
Also,
the
"AT
nnnn"
phrase
that
accompa~ied
many error messages has been removed
to make the messages less cryptic.
A
neUl
erl'or
message
was
added (as was
a
new erl'or code) Tor
sector
110
functions
that
are
called
with
a
sector bUTfer not
128
bytes in size.
13.
The
EXBIN
command ignores null records (carriage
return only) if encountered in the EXbug-loadable
fi Ie.
14. The
EOT
chal'acter ($04) which was output by the
. PRINX,
. DSPLX
and .
DSPLZ
functions,
is no longer
written to the output device.
15.
The
seq,uence of line feed,
carriage return, nuli
written
to
console
and/or
printer,
has
been
changed
to
carriage
return,
line feed, null to
eliminate the overprinting problem encountered on
certain printers with an·SO character buffer when
lines of 80 characters were printed.
16. The FORMAT command has been upgraded to
function
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