>> Well the hard-drive is currently undergoing timing testings to try and work >> out why I'm getting spurious data reads back if I don't read the DRQ bit >> between each data read. Time to build up a new prototype I think. Nev's hard > >Well...the problem solves itself if you read DRQ between each data read, eh? ;)
Yeah, but the data throughput is cut down by at least 50%, probably more. >commands: Why not give it the BASIC-commands you can find in MasterDOS, >GDOS, SAMDOS, and whatever else and give them a UNIX feel? Like piping, >redirection and stuff like that. LOAD without "" would be nice, giving >only the filename insted of LOAD "filename" would also be nice. Keyword/ >filename completion with TAB would be cool too :) Well, I'm planning some kind of shell program - don't expect anything fancy and unixy at first though... It'll take a bit of digging to work out exactly what's needed too... >hook codes: I'm quite sure you'll be able to get the most esensial ones. >One important aspect is to make them generic enough, say so you can >write anything from one byte to maxMB to one file and decide if you want >to overwrite or append. It would also be nice if there were as few file >types as possible, and that you can do exactly the same operations on >all types. It would also be interesting to have the ports act as files >so that you could 'save' to the printer-port to print stuff. Not highly >original, but though.... Yeah... I was thinking of adding some devices. At the moment, there's no way that that would fit into the 16k the DOS takes up, so it'll be in the extended half probably. Simon -!- Mains Hum: A sine of the times??? +- Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Fidonet: 2:250/124.2 (Simon Cooke) -+ | Snail:1 Dovey Close, Astley, Tyldesley, Manchester, M29 7NP, UK | | Tel: (01942) 886084 Fax: (01942) 886084 (ring voice first to confirm!)| +- WWW: http://jumper.mcc.ac.uk/~simonc ----------------------------------+
