Re: Help/info needed

From: silverdr_at_srebrnysen.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:00:22 +0000
Message-Id: <AB25C14D-ECCC-4EF0-9935-61A98395D024_at_srebrnysen.com>
> On 11 Jul 2026, at 15:32, groepaz <groepaz_at_gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>>>> While it might be obvious, don't forget to open the file for (R)eading,
>>>> or you may create it, even if absent :-)> 
>>> That's a good one. Then I have to make sure to find out how it is done in
>>> assembly. I think it has to do with the second address but I'm sure I wil
>>> find out.
>> AFAIR it's done in assembly the same way as in BASIC – by ending the
>> filename (before calling SETNAM) with appropriate ending (like `,S,R` for
>> example (stays for SEQ,READ) the rest is done on the DOS side, whether from
>> assembly or anything else.
>> 
>> I vaguely remember those being described in the 1541 manual.
> 
> the secondary address is different, too.... i forgot which is read and which 
> is write though :)

I think this was 0 and 1 for LOAD and SAVE - at least that's in the comments of my `sd_open_file.s`. Unsure now if it affects other types of I/O. I _think_ everything else can use the remaining 2 to 14, whether for reading or writing. But let's not strip Ruud of all the fun checking it himself ;-)

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SD!
Received on 2026-07-11 18:00:01

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