Date   : Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:44:53 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Question about 1770 DFS interface testing it on a B

"Mark Haysman" wrote:
> *DUMP isn't in the OS1.20, as on a standard machine it reports Bad Command.
> It may be in the UTILS section of the 1770 DFS, but if the DFS doesn't
> initialise, then you just get the same Bad Command. Just like SRAM, if
 
Yes, I've just checked and you're right. If DFS is disabled, then
UTILS are disabled as well. A right pain - in a machine without
disk hardware, but using another filing system (eg, NFS or TAPE),
you lose the non-DFS-specific generic filing-system independant
utility commands.
 
I'm tempted to look into it and see if DNFS can be patched to
uncouple UTILS from DFS.
 
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