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Old 07-11-2012, 04:10 AM
Ed
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Default Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M

vandys@vsta.org wrote:
> Ed <invalid@nospam.com> wrote:
> > BTW "block 0" doesn't *have* to start at track 0 sector 0. By modifying
> > the disk r/w code you could, for example, have "block 0" begin at track 3.

>
> If memory serves, the user variable "off" was added to the requested block
> number. So on a per-task basis you could hae different views of the same
> underlying disk.


That rings a bell. Checking FORTH110.ASM the user variable was called
OFFSET which appears to be set by commands DR0 DR1.





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