+skr Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I habe da folder on my Mac which is set up as H:-Device for Altirra. With BASIC and DOS 2.5 I can easily access it. DOS 2.5 shows me the directory. But I can´t access it with SDX. I´ve checked the manual but couldn´t find a hint. What Do I have to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) Use PCLINK.SYS from the sdx448 toolkit.atr .. Call it in your AUTOEXEC.BAT. And the DIR PCL:*.* should get you a directory. SAVE LOAD COPY DIR all work with PCLINK.SYS. You will have to set SYSTEM>DEVICE and add PCLINK to your devices. Edited January 3, 2017 by rdea6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 PCLINK is by far the best way to go, as Roy says. The reason "H:" is inaccessible from the SDX prompt is that CIO device names aren't used with the CP since the scheme was too restrictive. "H:" maps to drive 8 (actually kernel device IDs "DSK8:" or "DSKH:"). Without kernel device names (and using the CIO), PCL: would have to be called "L:" or something, since "P:" is the printer and "C:" the cassette. Via the CIO (i.e. from BASIC) you can access all the kernel device names by prefixing them with "D". So to open PCL1: from BASIC: OPEN #1,4,0,"DPCL1:" or OPEN #1,4,0,"DPCL:" Altirra ignores the PCL unit number (or it did the last time I checked), so you only get unit 1 and can therefore omit the unit number. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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