Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!wjr From: wjr@utcs.UUCP (William Rucklidge) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Question: I/O to 1541 and BASIC tokens Message-ID: <278@utcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 01:13:49 EST Article-I.D.: utcs.278 Posted: Thu Dec 13 01:13:49 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 03:16:22 EST References: <1222@hou4b.UUCP> Reply-To: wjr@utcs.UUCP (William Rucklidge) Organization: University of Toronto - General Purpose UNIX Lines: 18 Summary: > Question 3: What makes channels "0" and "1" special? The 1541 says that > they're used for loads and saves, but could someone be more > specific? The special feature of secondary address numbers 0 and 1 is that when a file is opened using one of these channels, the default file type is 'PRG'. If any other channel number (except 15) is used, the default file type is 'SEQ'. These defaults can be overridden, and it is quite possible to type: load "seqfile,s",8 which would treat the file 'seqfile' as a normal program file, and load it. -- "You can always put something in a box." This message brought to you with the aid of the Poslfit Committee. William Rucklidge University of Toronto Computing Services {decvax,ihnp4,utcsrgv,{allegra,linus}!utzoo}!utcs!wjr