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F/ADFS2
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_18.ADF |
| Filename: | F/ADFS2 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 120D bytes |
| Load address: | 41204556 |
| Exec address: | 32534644 |
File contents
DIR <Ob Spec> Used to change from one directory to another. Type *DIR name <RET>. If you are in root directory and you want to go to 3f type *DIR 1b.2c.3f <RET>. If you are in directory 3f and you want to go to directory 2c type *DIR ^. The symbol ^ takes you back through the directory path one step. Equally if you want to go to directory 1b type *DIR ^^ <RET>. No matter which directory you are in if you type *DIR <RET> you will be put back to the root directory. If you want to delete a directory which you no-longer need first make sure it is empty, then change the access with *ACCESS directoryname <RET> finally *DELETE directoryname <RET> DISMOUNT Another command of limited usefulness. EX <Ob Spec> A gem of a command. This will give you all the information you would get by typing *INFO* but saves 3 keystrokes. If you want information about files in another directory even on another drive type *EX :1.1a.2b <RET> Normally *EX <RET> is sufficient. FREE Tells you how much free space there is on the disc. Unfortunately clashes with the *FREE command on the BeeBug ToolKit ROM. INFO <List Spec> A long winded version of *EX basically. LCAT and LEX Don't worry about these, they utilise the library facilities of ADFS which I've never used mainly because I've never seen the point of all the bother. MAP Gives a list of all the blank spaces. Useful for checking if more COMPACTing is needed. MOUNT (<DRIVE>) Tells the computer to change drives *MOUNT1 <RET>. Also useful if you load something from a disc and you want to say save it onto another disc but cannot press CTRL-BREAK. In this case *MOUNT <RET>. REMOVE Rather pointless alternative to DELETE. RENAME <Obspec> (Obspec> Self explanatory *RENAME oldnamenewname <RET>. This will not work on locked files. TITLE If you catalogue the disc at the top left hand corner in the root directory is a $ symbol. This is the default title. This can be changed thus *TITLE newtitle <RET>. The title of sub-directories will be the name of the sub-directory. The WELCOME disc has a number of utilities most of which frankly are of limited use. One very important one is EFORM which will format discs. Why this was not included on the ROM is anyone's guess. Most ADFS users have bought the Advanced Disc Toolkit (ADT) from Pres which while being a bit expensive has a formating function and many more useful utilities besides. Anyway if you still use the WELCOME disc copy the EFORM utility to as many discs as you can, for goodness sake don't lose it. Another extreemly useful command is *VERIFY which is on WELCOME and ADT. The EUG discs have a !BOOT file. A !BOOT file can infact contain almost any sequence of instructions which the Elk normally understands. My word processor disc for instance *RLOAD STARWORD R0 ?&2A0=&82 *WORD *DIR 1994 *KEY0 Yours faithfully|M|M'Gus Donnachaidh. *KEY9 LOAD LOADer *. This loads the ROM image of STARWORD into RAM, initialises it, turns it on, sets the directory, programs some function keys and catalogues the directory all by pressing SHIFT-BREAK. A !BOOT file is most easily written on a word processor and SAVEed with the file-name !BOOT. Then you must type *OPT 4,3<RET>. This tells the computer to look for a boot file and *EXEC it. At the top of the directory page is an entry Option 03 (Exec). A very useful feature of the Elk comes into its own on ADFS. This is the wildcard. Bit like one of those card games where the Joker stands for any card. The most useful one and the the one I use most is * which stands for any number of letters. LOAD "A*" will load the first file beginning with A no matter how many letters there are in the file name. This might seem a littlepointless but comes into its own when loading a file with a long file name. Take for instance a filename like ABBREVIATE, LOAD"ABB*" and provided no other files exist beginning with ABB then ABBREVIATE will load. Problems with ADFS are rare. The main problem will be corruption of the information on a disc. A backup copy should always be kept of each disc and this is where a second drive is most useful. Sometimes when I try to load something from a disc I get a repeated wir-wir sound. This is the disc head running up and down the disk because it cannot find a piece of data it is expecting. The cause of this might be a damaged disc or dirty disc head or a damp environment. The disc head needs cleaning occasionally, I do it about twice a week, mainly because of all the EUG work I do but in any case buy a head cleaning disc and keep it handy.
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This w| 000002f0 69 6c 6c 20 67 69 76 65 20 79 6f 75 20 61 6c 6c |ill give you all| 00000300 20 74 68 65 20 0d 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f | the .informatio| 00000310 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 67 65 74 20 |n you would get | 00000320 62 79 20 74 79 70 69 6e 67 20 2a 49 4e 46 4f 2a |by typing *INFO*| 00000330 20 62 75 74 20 73 61 76 65 73 20 33 20 0d 6b 65 | but saves 3 .ke| 00000340 79 73 74 72 6f 6b 65 73 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 |ystrokes. If you| 00000350 20 77 61 6e 74 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f | want informatio| 00000360 6e 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 69 6e |n about files in| 00000370 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 0d 64 69 72 65 63 74 | another .direct| 00000380 6f 72 79 20 65 76 65 6e 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 6f 74 |ory even on anot| 00000390 68 65 72 20 64 72 69 76 65 20 74 79 70 65 20 2a |her drive type *| 000003a0 45 58 20 3a 31 2e 31 61 2e 32 62 20 3c 52 45 54 |EX :1.1a.2b <RET| 000003b0 3e 20 0d 4e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 6c 79 20 10 2a 45 58 |> .Normally .*EX| 000003c0 20 3c 52 45 54 3e 20 69 73 20 73 75 66 66 69 63 | <RET> is suffic| 000003d0 69 65 6e 74 2e 0d 0d 46 52 45 45 20 54 65 6c 6c |ient...FREE Tell| 000003e0 73 20 79 6f 75 20 68 6f 77 20 6d 75 63 68 20 66 |s you how much f| 000003f0 72 65 65 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 |ree space there | 00000400 69 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 2e 20 |is on the disc. | 00000410 0d 55 6e 66 6f 72 74 75 6e 61 74 65 6c 79 20 63 |.Unfortunately c| 00000420 6c 61 73 68 65 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 |lashes with the | 00000430 2a 46 52 45 45 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 6f 6e |*FREE command on| 00000440 20 74 68 65 20 42 65 65 42 75 67 20 0d 54 6f 6f | the BeeBug .Too| 00000450 6c 4b 69 74 20 52 4f 4d 2e 20 0d 0d 49 4e 46 4f |lKit ROM. ..INFO| 00000460 20 3c 4c 69 73 74 20 53 70 65 63 3e 20 41 20 6c | <List Spec> A l| 00000470 6f 6e 67 20 77 69 6e 64 65 64 20 76 65 72 73 69 |ong winded versi| 00000480 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 2a 45 58 20 62 61 73 69 63 61 |on of *EX basica| 00000490 6c 6c 79 2e 0d 0d 4c 43 41 54 20 61 6e 64 20 4c |lly...LCAT and L| 000004a0 45 58 20 20 44 6f 6e 27 74 20 77 6f 72 72 79 20 |EX Don't worry | 000004b0 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 73 65 2c 20 74 68 65 |about these, the| 000004c0 79 20 75 74 69 6c 69 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 |y utilise the li| 000004d0 62 72 61 72 79 20 0d 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 69 65 |brary .facilitie| 000004e0 73 20 6f 66 20 41 44 46 53 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 |s of ADFS which | 000004f0 49 27 76 65 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 75 73 65 64 20 |I've never used | 00000500 6d 61 69 6e 6c 79 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 49 |mainly because I| 00000510 27 76 65 0d 6e 65 76 65 72 20 73 65 65 6e 20 74 |'ve.never seen t| 00000520 68 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 61 6c 6c 20 |he point of all | 00000530 74 68 65 20 62 6f 74 68 65 72 2e 0d 0d 4d 41 50 |the bother...MAP| 00000540 20 47 69 76 65 73 20 61 20 6c 69 73 74 20 6f 66 | Gives a list of| 00000550 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 62 6c 61 6e 6b 20 73 | all the blank s| 00000560 70 61 63 65 73 2e 20 55 73 65 66 75 6c 20 66 6f |paces. Useful fo| 00000570 72 20 63 68 65 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 69 66 0d 6d 6f |r checking if.mo| 00000580 72 65 20 43 4f 4d 50 41 43 54 69 6e 67 20 69 73 |re COMPACTing is| 00000590 20 6e 65 65 64 65 64 2e 0d 0d 4d 4f 55 4e 54 20 | needed...MOUNT | 000005a0 28 3c 44 52 49 56 45 3e 29 20 54 65 6c 6c 73 20 |(<DRIVE>) Tells | 000005b0 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 74 6f 20 |the computer to | 000005c0 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 64 72 69 76 65 73 20 0d 2a |change drives .*| 000005d0 4d 4f 55 4e 54 31 20 3c 52 45 54 3e 2e 20 41 6c |MOUNT1 <RET>. Al| 000005e0 73 6f 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 |so useful if you| 000005f0 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 20 | load something | 00000600 66 72 6f 6d 20 61 20 64 69 73 63 20 61 6e 64 20 |from a disc and | 00000610 0d 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 73 61 79 |.you want to say| 00000620 20 73 61 76 65 20 69 74 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 61 6e | save it onto an| 00000630 6f 74 68 65 72 20 64 69 73 63 20 62 75 74 20 63 |other disc but c| 00000640 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 0d 43 54 52 |annot press .CTR| 00000650 4c 2d 42 52 45 41 4b 2e 20 49 6e 20 74 68 69 73 |L-BREAK. In this| 00000660 20 63 61 73 65 20 2a 4d 4f 55 4e 54 20 3c 52 45 | case *MOUNT <RE| 00000670 54 3e 2e 0d 0d 52 45 4d 4f 56 45 20 52 61 74 68 |T>...REMOVE Rath| 00000680 65 72 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 6c 65 73 73 20 61 6c 74 |er pointless alt| 00000690 65 72 6e 61 74 69 76 65 20 74 6f 20 44 45 4c 45 |ernative to DELE| 000006a0 54 45 2e 0d 0d 52 45 4e 41 4d 45 20 3c 4f 62 73 |TE...RENAME <Obs| 000006b0 70 65 63 3e 20 28 4f 62 73 70 65 63 3e 20 53 65 |pec> (Obspec> Se| 000006c0 6c 66 20 65 78 70 6c 61 6e 61 74 6f 72 79 20 0d |lf explanatory .| 000006d0 2a 52 45 4e 41 4d 45 20 6f 6c 64 6e 61 6d 65 10 |*RENAME oldname.| 000006e0 6e 65 77 6e 61 6d 65 20 3c 52 45 54 3e 2e 20 54 |newname <RET>. T| 000006f0 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 77 6f 72 |his will not wor| 00000700 6b 20 6f 6e 20 6c 6f 63 6b 65 64 20 0d 66 69 6c |k on locked .fil| 00000710 65 73 2e 0d 0d 54 49 54 4c 45 20 49 66 20 79 6f |es...TITLE If yo| 00000720 75 20 63 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 74 68 65 20 |u catalogue the | 00000730 64 69 73 63 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 20 |disc at the top | 00000740 6c 65 66 74 20 68 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 72 6e 65 72 |left hand corner| 00000750 20 69 6e 20 0d 74 68 65 20 72 6f 6f 74 20 64 69 | in .the root di| 00000760 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 73 20 61 20 24 20 73 |rectory is a $ s| 00000770 79 6d 62 6f 6c 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 |ymbol. This is t| 00000780 68 65 20 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 20 74 69 74 6c 65 |he default title| 00000790 2e 20 0d 54 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 63 |. .This can be c| 000007a0 68 61 6e 67 65 64 20 74 68 75 73 20 2a 54 49 54 |hanged thus *TIT| 000007b0 4c 45 20 6e 65 77 74 69 74 6c 65 20 3c 52 45 54 |LE newtitle <RET| 000007c0 3e 2e 20 54 68 65 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 |>. The title of | 000007d0 10 0d 73 75 62 2d 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 69 65 |..sub-directorie| 000007e0 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 74 68 65 20 6e 61 |s will be the na| 000007f0 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 62 2d 64 69 |me of the sub-di| 00000800 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2e 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 57 45 |rectory...The WE| 00000810 4c 43 4f 4d 45 20 64 69 73 63 20 68 61 73 20 61 |LCOME disc has a| 00000820 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 75 74 69 6c 69 | number of utili| 00000830 74 69 65 73 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 6f 66 20 77 68 69 |ties most of whi| 00000840 63 68 10 0d 66 72 61 6e 6b 6c 79 20 61 72 65 20 |ch..frankly are | 00000850 6f 66 20 6c 69 6d 69 74 65 64 20 75 73 65 2e 20 |of limited use. | 00000860 4f 6e 65 20 76 65 72 79 20 69 6d 70 6f 72 74 61 |One very importa| 00000870 6e 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 69 73 20 45 46 4f 52 4d 20 |nt one is EFORM | 00000880 10 0d 77 68 69 63 68 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 66 6f 72 |..which will for| 00000890 6d 61 74 20 64 69 73 63 73 2e 20 57 68 79 20 74 |mat discs. Why t| 000008a0 68 69 73 20 77 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 69 6e 63 6c |his was not incl| 000008b0 75 64 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 52 4f 4d 20 |uded on the ROM | 000008c0 10 0d 69 73 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 27 73 20 67 75 |..is anyone's gu| 000008d0 65 73 73 2e 20 4d 6f 73 74 20 41 44 46 53 20 75 |ess. Most ADFS u| 000008e0 73 65 72 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 6f 75 67 68 74 |sers have bought| 000008f0 20 74 68 65 20 41 64 76 61 6e 63 65 64 20 10 0d | the Advanced ..| 00000900 44 69 73 63 20 54 6f 6f 6c 6b 69 74 20 28 41 44 |Disc Toolkit (AD| 00000910 54 29 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 50 72 65 73 20 77 68 69 |T) from Pres whi| 00000920 63 68 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 61 |ch while being a| 00000930 20 62 69 74 20 65 78 70 65 6e 73 69 76 65 20 10 | bit expensive .| 00000940 0d 68 61 73 20 61 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6e 67 |.has a formating| 00000950 20 66 75 6e 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 61 | function and ma| 00000960 6e 79 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 75 |ny more useful u| 00000970 74 69 6c 69 74 69 65 73 20 10 0d 62 65 73 69 64 |tilities ..besid| 00000980 65 73 2e 20 41 6e 79 77 61 79 20 69 66 20 79 6f |es. Anyway if yo| 00000990 75 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 |u still use the | 000009a0 57 45 4c 43 4f 4d 45 20 64 69 73 63 20 63 6f 70 |WELCOME disc cop| 000009b0 79 20 74 68 65 20 10 0d 45 46 4f 52 4d 20 75 74 |y the ..EFORM ut| 000009c0 69 6c 69 74 79 20 74 6f 20 61 73 20 6d 61 6e 79 |ility to as many| 000009d0 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 61 73 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 | discs as you ca| 000009e0 6e 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 67 6f 6f 64 6e 65 73 73 20 |n, for goodness | 000009f0 73 61 6b 65 20 10 0d 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 6c 6f 73 |sake ..don't los| 00000a00 65 20 69 74 2e 0d 0d 41 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 65 |e it...Another e| 00000a10 78 74 72 65 65 6d 6c 79 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 |xtreemly useful | 00000a20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 69 73 20 2a 56 45 52 49 |command is *VERI| 00000a30 46 59 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 20 57 |FY which is on W| 00000a40 45 4c 43 4f 4d 45 20 0d 61 6e 64 20 41 44 54 2e |ELCOME .and ADT.| 00000a50 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 45 55 47 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 |..The EUG discs | 00000a60 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 21 42 4f 4f 54 20 66 69 6c |have a !BOOT fil| 00000a70 65 2e 20 41 20 21 42 4f 4f 54 20 66 69 6c 65 20 |e. A !BOOT file | 00000a80 63 61 6e 20 69 6e 66 61 63 74 20 0d 63 6f 6e 74 |can infact .cont| 00000a90 61 69 6e 20 10 61 6c 6d 6f 73 74 20 61 6e 79 20 |ain .almost any | 00000aa0 73 65 71 75 65 6e 63 65 20 6f 66 20 69 6e 73 74 |sequence of inst| 00000ab0 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 74 |ructions which t| 00000ac0 68 65 20 45 6c 6b 20 0d 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 6c 79 |he Elk .normally| 00000ad0 20 10 75 6e 64 65 72 73 74 61 6e 64 73 2e 20 4d | .understands. M| 00000ae0 79 20 77 6f 72 64 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 6f 72 |y word processor| 00000af0 20 64 69 73 63 20 66 6f 72 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6e | disc for instan| 00000b00 63 65 0d 0d 2a 52 4c 4f 41 44 20 53 54 41 52 57 |ce..*RLOAD STARW| 00000b10 4f 52 44 20 52 30 0d 3f 26 32 41 30 3d 26 38 32 |ORD R0.?&2A0=&82| 00000b20 0d 2a 57 4f 52 44 0d 2a 44 49 52 20 31 39 39 34 |.*WORD.*DIR 1994| 00000b30 0d 2a 4b 45 59 30 20 59 6f 75 72 73 20 66 61 69 |.*KEY0 Yours fai| 00000b40 74 68 66 75 6c 6c 79 7c 4d 7c 4d 27 47 75 73 20 |thfully|M|M'Gus | 00000b50 44 6f 6e 6e 61 63 68 61 69 64 68 2e 0d 2a 4b 45 |Donnachaidh..*KE| 00000b60 59 39 20 4c 4f 41 44 20 4c 4f 41 44 65 72 0d 2a |Y9 LOAD LOADer.*| 00000b70 2e 0d 54 68 69 73 20 6c 6f 61 64 73 20 74 68 65 |..This loads the| 00000b80 20 52 4f 4d 20 69 6d 61 67 65 20 6f 66 20 53 54 | ROM image of ST| 00000b90 41 52 57 4f 52 44 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 52 41 4d 2c |ARWORD into RAM,| 00000ba0 20 69 6e 69 74 69 61 6c 69 73 65 73 20 69 74 2c | initialises it,| 00000bb0 20 0d 74 75 72 6e 73 20 69 74 20 6f 6e 2c 20 73 | .turns it on, s| 00000bc0 65 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 |ets the director| 00000bd0 79 2c 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 73 6f 6d 65 |y, programs some| 00000be0 20 66 75 6e 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6b 65 79 73 20 61 | function keys a| 00000bf0 6e 64 20 0d 63 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 73 20 74 |nd .catalogues t| 00000c00 68 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 6c 6c |he directory all| 00000c10 20 62 79 20 70 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 53 48 49 | by pressing SHI| 00000c20 46 54 2d 42 52 45 41 4b 2e 0d 0d 41 20 21 42 4f |FT-BREAK...A !BO| 00000c30 4f 54 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 |OT file is most | 00000c40 65 61 73 69 6c 79 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 6f |easily written o| 00000c50 6e 20 61 20 77 6f 72 64 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 |n a word process| 00000c60 6f 72 20 61 6e 64 20 0d 53 41 56 45 65 64 20 77 |or and .SAVEed w| 00000c70 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 2d 6e 61 6d |ith the file-nam| 00000c80 65 20 21 42 4f 4f 54 2e 20 54 68 65 6e 20 79 6f |e !BOOT. Then yo| 00000c90 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 74 79 70 65 20 0d 2a 4f 50 |u must type .*OP| 00000ca0 54 20 34 2c 33 10 3c 52 45 54 3e 2e 20 54 68 69 |T 4,3.<RET>. Thi| 00000cb0 73 20 74 65 6c 6c 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 |s tells the comp| 00000cc0 75 74 65 72 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 66 6f 72 |uter to look for| 00000cd0 20 61 20 62 6f 6f 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 0d 61 6e | a boot file .an| 00000ce0 64 20 2a 45 58 45 43 20 69 74 2e 20 41 74 20 74 |d *EXEC it. 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