Stella'sGhost Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Hi, I have an XEGS and I just got a 1050 drive, with no documentation. I've looked around but I cant seem to find what I'm looking for, which is quite simply : how do I save a program in Basic to a floppy disc? I totally forgot how to use DOS on my atari, its been so long..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 There's a good reference book about Atari Basic here: http://www.atariarchives.org/basicxl/ In Basic to save a program you have to a formatted disk with DOS files on it that you booted at startup (that's a disk with dup.sys and dos.sys on them). You can format that with the files on them ahead of time in DOS. To save a program you then just : SAVE "D1:yourprg.bas" where D1 is your 1st disk drive, you can also just use "D:" if you want to. To Load the program back from the disk: Load "D:yourprg.bas" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Hello, the ABBUC e.V. Infothek, english Books, has a section with original Atari Manuals and Books, including Atari DOS and Basic. Best regards Carsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella'sGhost Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 Thanks, i have those books, but they still don't quite help. OK, I formatted a disk and saved it however how can I list the contents of the disc to see whats on there? Do I have to go to the dos menu? I'm using DOS 2.05. Also, how do I get the dos.sys and dup.sys files on a disc? I formatted one but they don't seem to be on there?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Lodoen Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Thanks, i have those books, but they still don't quite help. OK, I formatted a disk and saved it however how can I list the contents of the disc to see whats on there? Do I have to go to the dos menu? I'm using DOS 2.05. Also, how do I get the dos.sys and dup.sys files on a disc? I formatted one but they don't seem to be on there?.... Yes, you have to use the menu to view the directory. "I. FORMAT DISK" will create a non-booting data disk. To add DOS.SYS and DUP.SYS use "H. WRITE DOS FILES" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella'sGhost Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 Thanks guys, very helpfull, unfortunately my 1050 wont boot up, i just get boot error, i cant load anything from it now, it seems to be "broken". any ideas what could be wrong? It was working fine 10 minutes ago.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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