Re: [cc65] Filenames for POSIX functins on CBM targets

From: Groepaz <groepaz1gmx.net>
Date: 2012-08-10 18:54:53
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)

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