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Commodore 1551 User Manual

Commodore 1551 User Manual (100 pages)

Brand: Commodore | Category: Floppy Disk Drive | Size: 2 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
5
Introduction
9
Chapter 1: Disk Drive

11
- Figure 1: Front Panel
  11
- Part One: Guide to Operation
  11
- Unpacking
  11
- Connecting the Cables
  12
- Figure 2: Back Panel
  12
- Turning on the Power
  13
- Troubleshooting Guide
  14
- Simple Maintenance Tips
  15
Chapter 2: Diskettes

17
- What Is a Diskette
  17
- Figure 4: Position for Diskette Insertion
  17
- Safety Rules for Diskette Care
  18
- Using Packaged Programs
  18
- How to Prepare a New Diskette
  20
- Organizing a Diskette Library
  20
- Backups
  21
- What Is a Directory
  21
- Viewing a Directory
  22
- What a Directory Shows
  22
Chapter 3: Operation

24
- The Command Channel
  24
- Error Checking
  25
- Error Check Subroutine
  25
- BASIC Housekeeping Hints
  25
- More about Directories
  26
- Selective Directories
  27
- Printing a Directory
  27
- Pattern Matching and Wild Cards
  27
- Splat Files
  28
- Verify
  30
- Copy
  31
- Scratch
  32
- Rename
  34
- Renaming and Scratching Troublesome Files (Advanced Users)
  34
- Initialize
  36
Chapter 4 Sequential Data Files

39
Chapter 5: Relative Files

52
- The Value of Relative Access
  52
- Files, Records, and Fields
  52
- File Limits
  53
- Creating a Relative File
  53
- Using Relative Files: Record# Command
  54
- Completing Relative File Creation
  56
- Expanding a Relative File
  57
- Writing Relative File Data
  58
- Designing a Relative Record
  58
- Writing the Record
  59
- Reading a Relative Record
  61
- The Value of Index Files (Advanced Users)
  62
Chapter 6: Direct Access Commands

63
- A Tool for Advanced Users
  63
- Diskette Organization
  63
- Opening a Data Channel for Direct Access
  63
- Block-Read
  64
- Block-Write
  65
- The Original Block-Read and Block-Write Commands
  66
- The Buffer Pointer
  67
- Allocating Blocks
  68
- Freeing Blocks
  69
- Using Random Files (Advanced Users)
  70
Chapter 7: Internal Disk Commands

71
- 1551 Memory Map
  71
- Memory-Read
  72
- Memory-Write
  73
- Memory-Execute
  74
- Block-Execute
  75
- User Commands
  76
Chapter 8: Machine Language Programs

78
- Disk-Related Kernal Subroutines
  78
- Appendices
  79

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