Date   : Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:33:32 +0100
From   : "BeebMaster" <beebmaster@...>
Subject: Re: floppy discs

Oh yes, of course!

Must be a write-protected disc, then!

Best wishes,


Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Cook
To:  bbc-micro@...
Sent: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:30:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] floppy discs

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:38:49 +0100, BeebMaster wrote:

> An error message 18 is Sector Not Found, as all errors in DFS are
> reported in hexadecimal.
> 
> A write-protect error would be reported as 12, which is hex. for 18.

Colin didn't get the number from a DFS error message, as he points out.
   He queried it in Basic, and it was printed in decimal since there
was no ~ prefix.  Quote:

> It's the value (in the program) that should be 0 but when I type
> "PRINT
> osblock?12" it gives me a value (not an error code) of 18

Greg



       
       
               
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