On Friday 10 August 2012, you wrote: > Hi, > > >> > that would be extremely horrible though. specifying the unit name is > >> > VERY uncommon. most c64 people, who didnt use a PET before, dont even > >> > know it can be done :) > >> > >> Sorry for being unprecise. My statement above should rather have read: > >> > >> The only thing we loose is the possiblity to specify a drive _number_ > >> without also specifying a unit _number_. > > > > that only makes it slightly less annoying and unusual :) > > So do I understand you right that specifying a unit number is VERY > uncommon? Isn't the 8 in > LOAD "*",8,1 > a unit number? This command doesn't seem uncommon at all to me. the 8 is the (IEC) device number, with a unit number it would be LOAD "0:*",8,1 and this IS very uncommon. you wont see anyone typing this out on a c64 :) ..... and now i realised "unit" is ambigous in this context, and i misunderstood you :) (its really used for both the device- and the drive- number, depending on context) -- http://www.hitmen-console.org http://magicdisk.untergrund.net http://www.pokefinder.org http://ftp.pokefinder.org Atheism is a nonprophet organization. <Steve Wright> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.Received on Fri Aug 10 18:54:24 2012
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