[Coco] ML Disk I/O examples?

Mike Pepe lamune at doki-doki.net
Fri Apr 13 12:58:03 EDT 2007


coco at yourdvd.net wrote:
> That dilemma is part of the reason Tandy developed the crappy r. Kilgus
> color trs-dos, which was intended to be a standardised set of disk i/o
> routines that would function regardless of what version of Disk BASIC
> or OTHER company DISK BASIC that you had. However, many of the
> aftermarket Disk BASICs were BASED on DECB 1.0, so using unravelled
> series, if you make it compatible with both 1.0 and 1.1 DECB, it should
> work with MOST (but not all) aftermarket Disk BASICs as well (I am
> reluctant to call Disk BASIC ''DOS'') -r
> I have a routine I wrote in the early 90's to replace the Color TRS-DOS
> calls, but it'll take some digging in the shed - if I find it I'll
> upload it to the ftp.
> 

And, I could be mistaken, but if memory serves, the source code for 
Kilgus' DOS is included in the documentation that comes with Color Disk 
EDTASM. That might also be something to check out.



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