======================================== The program C-64 Wedge, which comes with your 1541 Disk Drive Test Disk, is a special program which will allow you much easier handling of ALL disk operations. When you want to use it, just type in: LOAD"C-64 WEDGE",8 It will LOAD quickly for you, and when you RUN it, it boots in the actual machine language coding for phe spe9s. |leave the diskette in the drive until you see the COPYRIGHT notice for DOS5.1 on your screen. These are the actual syntax of the new DOS 5.1 Disk D`ive Commands: ======================================= COMMAND WEDGE SYNTAX ======================================= LOAD"name",8 /name LOAD"name",8,1 %name SAVE"name",8 <back arrow>name to save with replace: SAVE"@0:name",8 <back arrow>@0:name LOAD"name",8 & RUN it ^name ======5====8== Remember all of the following commands to the disk may be prefaced with either a GREATER THAN sign > or an 'AT' sign @ =============== Read Error Channel > <<RETURN>> Scratch File (erase) >S:name Format Disk (NEW) >N:name,ID# Initialize Drive >I Validate Disk >V Rename File >R:new name=old name Copy File(s) >C:new name=old name* ****COPY can also be used to CONCAT up to 4 files! SYNTAX follows: >C:NewName=oldfile1,:oldfile2,:oldfile3,:oldfile4 Switch to device 9 >#9 (any dev#) Kill the wedge >Q =============== Reading the Disk Directory: The wedge allows you to read the directory of ANY diskette without erasing the program you already have in memory! Do it like this: >$ When you press RETURN the disk will start, and you will see the directory displayed for you on the screeen. If you need it to pause, just press the space bar once, stopping it. To continue reading the rest of the directory, press any key. =============== One more thing, The wedge will sometimes interfere with other machine language operations. It will also botch up some RS 232 applications and it positively makes CASSETTE file reads and writes messy and impossible! (although I have tested it with tape PROGRAM save and loads, and it works 100% on the nose.) =============== Get into the habit of using the wedge! You'll find that it is one of the most useful tools Commodore has supplied to us since the hardware itself! A couple more hints for you: 1. Put a WEDGE on EVERY disk! 2. Rename it on your working diskettes. I use an ! for the name of it on my disks. Then all i do is power-up and type in: LOAD"!",8 and I'm in business! The program called C-64 WEDGE is a regular BASIC boot, and can be saved in the regular manner. However, since it calls the machine language program, DOS 5.1, you need BOTH programs to create a WEDGE and DOS 5.1 cannot be saved from a regular old BASIC save! You can do it from within a MONITOR, such as SUPERMON (which is here). Or, there are several programs floating around in the public domain which will copy the 2 programs onto any disk for you. A good Copy program will also do the trick. Check here, I know that there are several listed. ======================================= ======================================= **END OF FILE*/tcnt
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