Re: Reading directory on two drive channels at the same time. Can it be done?

From: CreaMD / Dmagic (creamd_at_c64.sk)
Date: 2004-06-13 16:46:37

Looking for Jim Butterfield's E-mail. Can anyone help me with that. 
(maime at creamd@c64.sk subject Jim Butterfield) thanx in advance

roman

Roman

Craig Taylor wrote:

> Jim Brain wrote:
>
>> Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Jim,
>>>
>>> * On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 11:18:11PM -0500 Jim Brain wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>> In other words, is this an error (i.e., only one channel can be 
>>>> open to read the directory), or is this legal?
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why don't you try that out? It's the easiest way to find out.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>   Spiro.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>> Because I want to know if it works in spite of the standard (i.e, it 
>> is not supported, but some drives accept it), or if it is part of the 
>> actual standard operation.
>> As groepaz notes, it seems to work on the '41.  I can't see in the 
>> drive RAM where there are variables to keep track of two directory 
>> traversals.  Can anyone point me to the relevant locations?
>>
>> Jim
>>
> It uses the secondary address to keep track of which is which.
>
> Inside Commodore Dos confirms this with the open a channel from serial 
> bus (OPEN@$D7B4), which goes through some branching until it does a 
> check on the filename at $D7F3 to the directory routine at $DA55.
>
>
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