TheRealAnubis Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) Hi, Well, I was finally able to track down a few floppies and test my drive - it may have a broken bezel, but it works great! (The drive looked a lot smaller in the picture..) I've loaded up one un-labeled disk and it states that it is Spartados 3.2d. I've done a quick search online and I've not found a manual or much info on what commands to use. I've tried commands from a PDF that was Spartados 2.x and those don't seem to do anything. Anyone have a PDF manual, or maybe just a few commands to get me started? Thanks! Edited June 20, 2014 by TheRealAnubis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Most of the 3.x versions use similar commands. Look for FTe 3.2g. Therw should be a help file with it. I am using my phone now, and I have no access to my files. Google will help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealAnubis Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Most of the 3.x versions use similar commands. Look for FTe 3.2g. Therw should be a help file with it. I am using my phone now, and I have no access to my files. Google will help you. Hmmmm - I found some info online about FTe 3.2g, but I've already tried DIR to get a directory listing and it says "ERROR DIR" and the drive never tries to access.. I'll try more later - thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup8pdct Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Are you at a READY prompt? if so, you are in basic. type DOS <enter> then you should see D1: from there, type DIR. Else when booting, Hold down OPTION key when turning on. This will disable basic. James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) APPENDIX E - ATARI DOS 2 VS SPARTADOS Atari DOS 2 Menu and SpartaDOS Equivalents SpartaDOS Semi Equivalent ATARI DOS 2.0S A. DISK DIRECTORY DIR B. RUN CARTRIDGE CAR C. COPY FILE COPY D. DELETE FILE ERASE E. RENAME FILE RENAME F. LOCK FILE PROTECT(SEE UNERASE) G. UNLOCK FILE UNPROTECT H. WRITE DOS FILES (SEE FORMATIINIT/XINIT) I. FORMAT DISK FORMAT/XINITIINIT/AINIT J. DUPLICATE DISK DUPDSK K. BINARY SAVE SAVE/APPEND L. BINARY LOAD LOAD/OFF _LOAD/fname M. RUN AT ADDRESS RUN N. CREATE MEM.SAV (NOT NEEDED WITH RESIDENT DOS) O. DUPLICATE FILE SPCOPY/XCOPY SpartaDOS Commands With no Atari DOS 2 Equivalent ?DIR AT_RS232 BASIC Batch Files BOOT BUFS CHKDSK CHTD CHVOL CREDIR CWD DELDIR DIS_BAT DUMP FORMAT INIT KEY LOCK MDUMP MEM MEMLO OFF _LOAD PAUSE PORT PRINT PUTRUN RD130 RDAXLON RDBASIC RPM SET SPCOPY TD TIME TREE TSET TYPE UNERASE UNLOCK VERIFY XCOPY XDIV XINIT XKEY XTD Edited June 20, 2014 by Fox-1 / mnx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Manual: http://www.atarimania.com/documents/atari-8bit-spartados-construction-set-owners-manual.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) Hi, Well, I was finally able to track down a few floppies and test my drive - it may have a broken bezel, but it works great! (The drive looked a lot smaller in the picture..) I've loaded up one un-labeled disk and it states that it is Spartados 3.2d. I've done a quick search online and I've not found a manual or much info on what commands to use. I've tried commands from a PDF that was Spartados 2.x and those don't seem to do anything. Anyone have a PDF manual, or maybe just a few commands to get me started? Thanks! Here's a error number list and commands summary. From Complete SpartaDOS Construction Set, about pages 70 to 85. Also the 'Complete SpartDOS construction set for version 3.2d. (text versions, not pdf, read in notepad on PC) sp32dcomerr.zip spartdoc.zip Edited June 20, 2014 by russg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealAnubis Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Sweet! Thanks! Now I'll be able to try some stuff with this floppy drive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealAnubis Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Are you at a READY prompt? if so, you are in basic. type DOS <enter> then you should see D1: from there, type DIR. Else when booting, Hold down OPTION key when turning on. This will disable basic. James There was my first problem! I thought something was broken! HA! That's a good bit to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmoec Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 On 6/20/2014 at 7:46 AM, Fox-1 / mnx said: APPENDIX E - ATARI DOS 2 VS SPARTADOS Atari DOS 2 Menu and SpartaDOS Equivalents SpartaDOS Semi Equivalent ATARI DOS 2.0S A. DISK DIRECTORY DIR B. RUN CARTRIDGE CAR C. COPY FILE COPY D. DELETE FILE ERASE E. RENAME FILE RENAME F. LOCK FILE PROTECT(SEE UNERASE) G. UNLOCK FILE UNPROTECT H. WRITE DOS FILES (SEE FORMATIINIT/XINIT) I. FORMAT DISK FORMAT/XINITIINIT/AINIT J. DUPLICATE DISK DUPDSK K. BINARY SAVE SAVE/APPEND L. BINARY LOAD LOAD/OFF _LOAD/fname M. RUN AT ADDRESS RUN N. CREATE MEM.SAV (NOT NEEDED WITH RESIDENT DOS) O. DUPLICATE FILE SPCOPY/XCOPY SpartaDOS Commands With no Atari DOS 2 Equivalent ?DIR AT_RS232 BASIC Batch Files BOOT BUFS CHKDSK CHTD CHVOL CREDIR CWD DELDIR DIS_BAT DUMP FORMAT INIT KEY LOCK MDUMP MEM MEMLO OFF _LOAD PAUSE PORT PRINT PUTRUN RD130 RDAXLON RDBASIC RPM SET SPCOPY TD TIME TREE TSET TYPE UNERASE UNLOCK VERIFY XCOPY XDIV XINIT XKEY XTD Very Useful indeed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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