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Commodore 2031 User Manual

Commodore 2031 User Manual (98 pages)

Brand: Commodore | Category: Floppy Disk Drive | Size: 0.22 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
1
Chapter1

5
- General Description
  5
  - Introduction
    5
  - The Manual - a Learning Tool
    6
  - General Hardware Information
    7
    
    Front Panel
    7
    
    Back Panel
    8
    
    Interior Configuration
    8
    
    The Diskette
    8
    
    Reading List
    8
    
    Specifications
    9
    
    Care of the 2031
    9
    
    Slash(/)Symbol (See DOS Support)73 Specifications
    9
- Specifications: Model 2031 Single Drive Floppy Disk
  10
  - Care of the Diskettes
    11
  - Unpacking the Disk Drive
    11
Chapter 2 Preparing Your Disk Drive

13
- Connecting the Disk Drive to the Computer
  13
- Performing the Power-On Test
  14
- Tab, Write Protect
  15
- Write Protect Tab
  15
- Inserting the Diskette into the 2031
  16
- The 2031 Performance Test
  16
- Performance Test
  16
- POKE Command
  16
Chapter 3 Learning How to Use Your Floppy Disk Drive

19
- The Block Availability Map (BAM)
  20
- The Disk Operating System (DOS)
  21
- TEST/DEMO Diskettes
  21
- Disk Maintenance Commands
  22
  - New
    22
  - Maintenance Commands, Disk
    22
  - HEADER (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    24
  - Initializing the 2031
    24
  - The Directory
    24
  - Load
    25
  - DIRECTORY (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    25
  - Printing the Directory
    25
  - Validate
    26
  - COLLECT (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    26
  - VALIDATE Command
    26
  - Copy
    27
  - COPY (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    28
  - CONCAT (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    28
  - Rename
    28
  - RENAME Command
    28
  - RENAME (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    29
  - (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    29
  - SCRATCH Command
    29
  - Scratch
    30
  - SCRATCH (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    30
  - (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    30
Chapter 4 BASIC Commands for Data Handling

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- BASIC Commands Associated with Floppy Disk Drives
  31
- SAVE and DSAVE (Writing a Program to a Diskette)
  32
- Safety Feature, HEADER Command.20 SAVE Command
  32
- LOAD and DLOAD
  33
- Verify
  34
- VERIFY Command
  34
- Open
  35
- OPEN Command
  35
- Dopen
  36
- Close
  36
- Dclose
  37
- Closing the Command Channel
  37
- Closing the Data Channel
  38
- Print
  38
- PRINT# Command
  38
- Input
  40
- Get
  41
- Record
  41
- Quickload Feature (BASIC 4.0)
  42
- Quickload Feature
  42
- Moving a Tape Program to Disk
  43
  - Tape to Disk
    43
- Advanced Disk Programming
  45
  - Commodore Disk Operating System (DOS)
    45
Chapter 5 Advanced Disk Programming

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- Disk Utility Command Set
  46
  - Disk Utility Commands
    46
  - Secondary Address
    46
  - Utility Commands, Disk
    46
  - Block-Read
    48
  - Block-Write
    48
  - Block-Allocate
    49
  - Block-Execute
    49
  - Buffer Pointer
    49
  - Memory
    50
    
    Memory-Write
    50
    
    MEMORY Commands
    50
    
    MEMORY-WRITE Command
    50
    
    Memory-Read
    51
    
    Memory-Execute
    51
    
    User
    51
    
    MEMORY-READ Command
    51
    
    MEMORY-EXECUTE Command
    51
    
    U1 Command
    51
    
    U2 Command
    51
    
    USER Command
    51
    
    Standard Jump Table
    52
- File Types
  53
- File Formats
  53
  - Program File
    53
  - Sequential Format
    53
- Block Distribution by Track
  54
  - PRG (Program) File
    55
- Directory Header
  55
Chapter 6 Advanced File Handling

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- Special Open and Close Statements for Direct Access
  59
- Random Access Example
  59
- Random Access Example
  60
  - To Create a File
    61
  - Create a File
    61
  - Field Size
    61
  - Primary Key File
    61
  - Record Size
    61
  - To Add a Record
    62
  - Add a Record
    62
  - To See a Record
    63
  - To Change a Record
    64
  - Getting the Directory of Listings
    64
- Relative Files
  64
  - Ending the Program
    64
  - Pointer, Block
    64
  - Record Size
    64
  - Relative File Components
    65
  - Side Sectors
    65
    
    Relative File Expansion
    65
    
    Block Pointers
    65
    
    Main Components
    65
    
    Side Tracks/Sectors
    65
    
    Storage Capacity
    65
    
    Side Track
    65
    
    Single Record Access
    65
    
    Single Sector, Expanded View
    65
    
    Format
    66
    
    I O Channels
    66
    
    Print Termination
    67
    
    Channel Restrictions
    67
    
    Spanning
    67
    
    Creating a Relative File
    68
- Expanding a Relative File
  69
- Expanding a File
  69
- Accessing a Relative File
  70
  - Accessing
    70
  - Loading DOS Support
    75
  - Loading the DOS Support Program
    75
  - Simplifying Commands
    75
  - Symbols, DOS Support
    75
Chapter 7 Simplifying the Use of Commodore Disk Related Commands

75
Chapter 8 Error Messages - Pattern Matching File Names - Disk Commands 75

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Chapter 10 Index

95
Chapter 9 Random Example Program Listing

95
- Index
  95

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Commodore 2031 Service Manual

Commodore 2031 Service Manual (57 pages)

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Brand: Commodore | Category: Storage | Size: 1.31 MB

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