APPENDIX L

DISK COMMAND SUMMARY

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This appendix lists the commands used for disk operation in C128 and C64 modes on the Commodore 128. For detailed information on any of these commands, see Chapter V, BASIC 7.0 Encyclopaedia. Your disk drive manual also has information on disk commands.

The new BASIC 7.0 commands can be used only in C128 mode. All BASIC 2.0 commands can be used in both C128 and C64 modes.

Command	Use	Basic 2.0	Basic 7.0
APPEND	Append data to file *		X
BLOAD	Load a binary file starting at the specified memory location		X
BOOT	Load and execute program		X
BSAVE	Save a binary file from the specified memory location		X
CATALOG	Display directory contents of disk on screen *		X
CLOSE	Close logical disk file	X	X
CMD	Redirect screen output to disk file	X	X
COLLECT	Free inaccessible disk space *		X
CONCAT	Concatenates two data files *		X
COPY	Copy files between drives *		X
DCLEAR	Resets and initializes disk drives *		X
DCLOSE	Close logical disk files *		X
DIRECTORY	Display directory of contents of disk on screen *		X
DLOAD	Load a BASIC program from disk *		X
DOPEN	Open a disk file for a read and/or write operation *		X
DSAVE	Save a BASIC program to disk *		X
DVERIFY	Verify program in memory against program on disk *		X
GET#	Receive input from open disk file	X	X
HEADER	Format a disk *		X
LOAD	Load a file from disk	X	X
OPEN	Open a file for input or output	X	X
PRINT#	Output data to file	X	X
RECORD	Position relative file pointers *		X
RENAME	Change name of a file on disk *		X
RUN filename	Execute BASIC program from disk		X
SAVE	Store program in memory to disk	X	X
VERIFY	Verify program in memory against program on disk	X	X

* Although there is no single equivalent command in BASIC 2.0, there is an equivalent multi-command instruction. See your drive manual for these BASIC 2.0 conventions.