Re: [cc65] Questions for CBM guys

From: Ullrich von Bassewitz <uz1musoftware.de>
Date: 2008-02-29 17:36:07
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 05:07:00PM +0100, Groepaz wrote:
> On Freitag 29 Februar 2008, Oliver Schmidt wrote:
> > 1. Is it correct to presume that the underlying "DOS" supports (at
> > least) 8 open files so that the C-library limit can be used up?
>
> cbm dos supports 15 files, however the first two are reserved for stdin and
> stdout. so yes, 8 open files should work alright.

Beware: The kernal may support that many files, but the drives do not. If I
remember correctly, the 1541 has a maximum of three open channels, and one is
used (and kept open) by the library for the command channel.

Regards


        Uz


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Ullrich von Bassewitz                                  uz@musoftware.de
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