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Commodore 2040 User Manual (96 pages)

CBM 5 1/4-inch dual floppy disk drives

Brand: Commodore | Category: Floppy Disk Drive | Size: 3 MB

Table of Contents
3
Introduction
7
Chapter 1

8
- General Information
  8
- Description
  9
  - Front Panel
    9
  - Back Panel
    9
  - Interior Configuration
    10
- Suggested Reading List
  10
  - The Diskette
    11
  - Specifications
    11
- Specifications: Model 8050 Dual Drive Floppy Disk
  12
- Specifications: Models 2040/3040 Dual Drive Floppy Disk
  13
- Specifications: Model 4040 Dual Drive Floppy Disk
  14
Chapter 2 Preparing to Use Your Disk Drive

16
Chapter 3 Learning How to Use Your Floppy Disk Drive

25
- The Block Availability Map (BAM)
  26
- The Disk Operating System (DOS)
  26
- Disk Maintenance Commands
  27
  - New
    28
    
    HEADER (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    29
  - Initialization (2040 and 3040)
    29
  - Initialization (4040)
    30
  - Initialization (8050)
    30
  - The Directory
    30
    
    Load
    30
    
    DIRECTORY (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    31
    
    Printing the Directory
    31
- Validate
  31
  - COLLECT (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    32
- Duplicate
  32
  - BACKUP (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    33
- Copy
  33
  - Copy (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    35
  - CONCAT (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    35
- Rename
  35
  - RENAME (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    36
- Scratch
  36
  - SCRATCH (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)
    37
Chapter 4 BASIC Commands for Data Handling

38
- BASIC Commands Associated with Floppy Disk Drives
  38
  - SAVE and DSAVE (Writing a Program to a Diskette)
    39
  - LOAD and DLOAD
    39
  - Verify
    40
  - Open
    41
  - Dopen
    42
  - Close
    42
  - Dclose
    43
  - Closing the Command Channel
    43
  - Closing the Data Channel
    44
  - Print
    44
  - Input
    45
  - Get
    46
  - Record
    46
- Quickload Feature (BASIC 4.0)
  47
- Moving a Tape Program to Disk
  48
Chapter 5

49
- Commodore Disk Operating System (DOS)
  49
- Disk Utility Command Set
  50
  - Block-Read
    51
  - Block-Write
    52
  - Block-Execute
    52
  - Buffer-Pointer
    52
  - Block-Allocate
    53
  - Memory
    53
    
    Memory-Write
    53
    
    Memory-Read
    54
    
    Memory-Execute
    54
  - User
    54
- 8050 Disk Zones
  61
Chapter 6 Advanced File Handling

66
- Special Open and Close Statements for Direct Access
  66
  - Random Access Example
    67
    
    To Create a File
    67
    
    To Add a Record
    68
    
    To See a Record
    69
    
    To Change a Record
    69
    
    Getting the Directory of Listings
    70
    
    Ending the Program
    70
    
    Relative Files 4040, 8050
    70
    
    Creating a Relative File
    73
    
    Expanding a Relative File
    73
    
    Accessing a Relative File
    74
Chapter 7 Simplifying the Useof Commodore Disk-Related Commands

77
Chapter 8 Error Messages- Patternmatching File Names- Diskcommands

80
Chapter 10 Index

92
- Standard Jump Table
  95
Chapter 9 Chapter10

92

Commodore 2040 User Manual (108 pages)

CBM 5 1/4-inch Dual Flippy Disk Drives

Brand: Commodore | Category: Floppy Disk Drive | Size: 17 MB

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Commodore 2040 User Manual (96 pages)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2 Preparing to Use Your Disk Drive

Chapter 3 Learning How to Use Your Floppy Disk Drive

Chapter 4 BASIC Commands for Data Handling

Chapter 5

Chapter 6 Advanced File Handling

Chapter 7 Simplifying the Useof Commodore Disk-Related Commands

Chapter 8 Error Messages- Patternmatching File Names- Diskcommands

Chapter 10 Index

Chapter 9 Chapter10

Commodore 2040 User Manual (108 pages)

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