On Sat, 6 Apr 2013, Spiro Trikaliotis wrote: > 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> Eliminate the reset and try it again. > 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 list > wlevak@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2013-04-07 06:00:12
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