A2000 memory expansion
04-Oct-89 19:10:14
Sb: #68237-A2000 memory expansion
Fm: Ray Lewis 76057,467
To: Alfred Gugelmann 76407,3435
Alfred:
Here's what "assign" is all about vis a vis using them to make a program run
properly.
Many programs automatically look for something in a special place (a data file,
a subprogram, or maybe even the program itself). They often do this by
supposing you have them on a floppy disk with a certain name. For example,
Whap! looks for itself, its companion View program, and its various data files
for defaults, and forum information, on a floppy disk named Whap.
Now, if you want to put Whap! on a hard disk, you'll probably put it and it's
files in a directory (mine is called Telecomm — I have Whap!, Access! and
Handshake in there). So, I put a line in my startup–sequence that says:
assign Whap: dh0:TeleComm
Now, whenever ANY program looks for a floppy disk named Whap, it is "fooled"
into believing that my dh0:TeleComm directory IS that floppy disk.
Ray Lewis