Re: [cc65] Questions for CBM guys

From: Christian Groessler <chris1groessler.org>
Date: 2008-03-01 18:59:51
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:
> 
> 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.

So you could use 3 floppy drives to have 8 files open simultaneously, I 
assume?

regards,
chris

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