>> But this routine is only provided in MSX-DOS(2) environment; when in
>> BASIC, a RET instruction is placed at #F36E.  So: disktransfer in page1 in
>> BASIC is probably not possible (or perhaps the F37D entry temporarily
>> changes the #F36E hook; didn't test it); This is logical: BASIC ROM is
>> normally selected in page 1.
>It is not that logical. I want to make a program that is started from
>basic but switches ram to page 1. Than calling the diskrom on f37d with
>dma in page 1 would be useful. Until now, I always avoided it, but I would
>like to know if it would work on every MSX. If so, I could just as well
>use it...

You can also start your program from DOS and switch BIOS on page 0: paging
will be the same as when starting from BASIC and switching RAM on page 1,
but you will have #F36E routine available. This should work. Just try. 8-)


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