Hello, * On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 09:45:23AM +0000 William Levak wrote: > On Fri, 5 Apr 2013, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote: > >>0:* is NOT always the first file. It's the last file referenced. It's the first file only if the drive has not referenced a file previously. > >> > >>0:?* always gives the first file. > > > >Can you back this claim up with something? > > Just try it. Load a file that is not the first one on the disk, and > then try the both commands. <insert empty disk" oPEN 1,8,15,"N0:TEST,00":CLOSE1 NEW 10 PRINT"FILE1" SAVE "FILE1",8 10 PRINT"FILE2" SAVE "FILE2",8 <reset> lOAD"*",8 RUN --> output: FILE1 LOAD"FILE2",8 RUN --> output: FILE2 LOAD"*",8 --> output: FILE2 LOAD":*",8 --> output: FILE1 Tested with 1541 (with -05 ROM). Now, have YOU tested it? Ingo Korb is absolutely correct: The special behaviour of "*" is hard-coded into the drive, it is a special test for exactly this one case. Regards, Spiro. -- Spiro R. Trikaliotis http://www.trikaliotis.net/ Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2013-04-06 19:00:04
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