What commands are available in DOS 3.3?
To get very far with “DOS 3.3” you will need the DOS Manual. This is especially true when it comes to using TEXT files. Other good sources of DOS 3.3 info include _Beneath Apple DOS_ and _Apple II User’s Guide_. For now, the following is a quickie guide to most Apple II DOS 3.3 commands: LOAD NARF- loads a BASIC file named NARF. SAVE NARF- saves current BASIC program in memory as file named NARF. DELETE NARF – deletes file named NARF CATALOG – lists contents of diskette to screen RENAME NARF, NEWNARF – renames file NARF to NEWNARF RUN NARF- loads and starts a BASIC file named NARF. BLOAD NARF.PICTURE, A$2000 – loads in a binary file named NARF.PICTURE starting at address $2000. note: $2000 is a hexadecimal number ($2000 = 8192 in decimal). DOS commands can use hex or decimal numbers. BSAVE NARF, A$300, L$7F – saves $7F bytes of memory starting at address $300 as a binary file named NARF. (BSAVE NARF, A768, L127 uses decimal numbers to do the same thing.) The above command statement ill
