#HELP!
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I'm starving…. I just purchased an Amiga a few weeks ago and have been
able to do very little with it. There is no documentation available anywhere
around here and the manual provided gives just enough info to aggravate me to
the max. I just acquired a 300 baud RS-232 modem so I could download the PUBLIC
DOMAIN software here. But…here I am with my C-64 sitting next to a dormant
Amiga typing away…
Here's what I'd like to ask:
1) How can I convert a sequential file downloaded on my C-64 to a program
file on the Amiga (I have been able to link the two together). I figure once
I get one decent Terminal program downloaded to my Amiga that supports some
standard compuserve protocall, I'll be OK.
2) I've written several Abasic programs using the existing docs but I don't
no a thing about CLI. How does one view the directory of SAVED Abasic
programs on disk? I've tried trial and error and am to frustrated to continue.
3) How do you put an Abasic program from one disk to another.
4) Are there more Abasic commands that I don't know about. Surely my above
requests can be accomplished as direct commands within Abasic.
I thank anyone with answers or hints to these questions. As I stated earlier,
I'm starving for info……
Ron
JUST KEEP ON READING THE MSG ON HERE ALSO CHECK OUT DL-7. I HAVE THE SAME
PROBLEMS THAT YOU DO AND KEEPING UP WITH WHAT EVERYONE SAYS HERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF HELP SEE MS424883 ABOUT DIR GOOD LUCK
Somethings about CLI:
If you want to view programs on a disk then enter DIR in CLI. If you want
you can create sub-directories on a disk by using MAKEDIR and then use CD to
move throught the different directories. CD: will bring you to the top of the
directories, this is called ROOT and you would enter soemthing like:
CD:abasic/terminals/xterm.bas
In my example (:) is ROOT, (abasic) is a directory, (terminals) is a
sub-directory and (xterm.bas) is a program that I want.
CD://xterm.bas
This will do the same thing as above.
Anoter neat command is WHY, this will tell you why the last command failed if
you make a mistake. You can then experiment with CLI trying to figure out the
syntax of the command and then use WHY to see what you are doing wrong.
You can also use ASSIGN to assiggn a name to a device. Rather then looking for
a program on DF0: I could assign a name to that device which would describe the
disk in that drive like SOURCE:
Also note that naming files can be in upper or lower case. they will display
as you type them but they will be found whether you shift or not.
Darrell
Just think, I know al this and I don't even own an Amiga…… yet.