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2.5.1 Summary of BASIC commands
The following AMSTRAD BASIC commands are intercepted to operate on the disc
system rather than the datacorder. Apart from the CAT command, whose action is
substantially different, the effect of these commands is very similar to the cassette
versions as described in the CPC464 User Instruction Manual
File reading commands:
LOAD, RUN, CHAIN, MERGE, CHAIN MERGE,
OPENIN, EOF, INPUT #9, LINE INPUT #9, CLOSEIN
File writing commands:
SAVE
OPENOUT, PRINT #9, WRITE #9, LIST #9, CLOSEOUT
Cataloguing command:
CAT
The disc directory is sorted into alpha-numeric order and displayed in columns along
with each individual file size. The amount of free space is also shown.
2.5.2 Summary of AMSDOS external commands.
The following commands are contained in a ROM within the disc drive interface.
They are available as soon as the DDI- 1 is installed and powered up.
|A
|A
COMMAND: Set default drive to drive A. Equivalent to |DRIVE with parameter A.
|B
|B
COMMAND: Set default drive to drive B. Equivalent to |DRIVE with parameter B .
Chapter 2.7 AMSTRAD Disc Drive & Interface DDI-1 Manual