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- From: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Dave Huang)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: A little help pleeze..
- Message-ID: <79431@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 22:13:07 GMT
- References: <1992Sep8.133514.18762@mlb.semi.harris.com>
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- In article <1992Sep8.133514.18762@mlb.semi.harris.com> eam@gumbee.mlb.semi.harris.com (Ed A. Mills) writes:
-
- [reformatted a bit to fit into 79 columns]
-
- >1.) There is a board in my ][+ which simply says Microsoft on it. It
- >has an LED which says "In Use" or something like that. Also, it has a
- >bunch of TTL and a Z80 uP. Is this is infamous Language card, or is
- >it something else? And if it is "The Language Card", what is it for?
-
- This is a MicroSoft Softcard (not sure if that's the exact name.. I
- used to have one many years ago), which lets you run the CP/M
- operating system and programs that run under CP/M. I don't think
- anyone really uses CP/M these days, but I remember that dBase II and
- Turbo Pascal was available for it.
-
- >2.) I figured out that ]catalog will give me a directory of the disk.
- >However, what if I want a directory on the other drive (labeled B:)?
- >I noticed that after some programs run, the B: drive seems to become
- >the default drive somehow.
-
- The B: label is from CP/M... when in BASIC (the ] prompt), type
- catalog, d2 to get the directory of the other drive (and catalog, d1
- to get the directory of drive 1).
-
- >3.) Lastly, how can I determine how much memory I have, and how much
- >is used?
-
- If you have a card in slot 0 (the leftmost slot), it's probably the
- language card and gives you an extra 16K of memory, for a total of
- 64K. If slot 0 is empty, you probably have 48K. How much of your
- memory is used depends on which program you're running :-)
-
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