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- From: a644690c@edinboro.edu ("Adam J. Conover")
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: SDX question (to Amos Jackson).
- Message-ID: <0095E5D2189FB3A0.20200EA3@edinboro.edu>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 00:50:04 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- [.......]
- > I own several versions of SpartaDOS from version 1.1 to 4.20 (the X cart). It
- > is my DOS of choice and I use it daily, along with around 250 utilities (most
- > pertaining to 3.2d, but work well with the X cart).
-
- Could you send me a directory dump of these? I am looking to collect a
- list of filenames. Are they PD/Shareware??? If so, could I arrange to get
- a copy of your collection?? (I think I already own all the commercial utils).
-
- > As an example, I found a bug in the X cart yesterday, that pertains to the
- > command.com module in the cart. Just fiddling around I turned on my system
- > (Newell 1 MEG 800XL, 1 MEG MIO, and hard drive, and typed the following:
- >
- > TIME
- > DATE
- > KEY ON
- > COMMAND
- I am confused about this. TIME, DATE, and KEY on are all fine, but what
- is COMMAND for? Isn't this just loading COMMAND.COM back on top of itself?
-
- > PATH ON
- What is PATH ON? PATH is an environmental not a command. PATH ON would
- just set PATH=ON and PATH needs to be a series of directories.
-
- > IBM ON
- IBM ON ??? There is not and IBM command on the SDX cart! (There is an IBM
- command as part of PROKEY.COM but that only works with SD3.2) I have also
- noticed that no error is produced if I type an invalid command after typing
- COMMAND. It simply ignores the line.
-
- > ?
- This just loads a file with a one charactor filename. In most cases this
- is X.COM from the cart.
-
- > After hitting return on the question mark line, the system locked up. It locked
- > up 5 out of 5 times.
-
- I tried this sequence with no lock-up, only an invalid parameter on the ? line.
- All of this is based on a 256k 800xl (RAMbo), 1 meg MIO, with SDX (4.19).
-
- [......]
- > Amos Jackson
- >
- > * Origin: FlightLine BBS Mpls,MN USRdual 612-544-5118 (1:282/47.0)
-
-
- -Adam Conover.
- a644690c@edinboro.edu
-