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- I wrote DSK1.BAS, (which should be merged with PC-TALK), after being
- frequently frustrated by not being able to easily find out how much disk
- space I had left for downloading while I was connected to another computer.
- It has only been tested on 1-sided drives. For 2-sided drives, I believe it
- will work if you change the 512 in line 3125 to 1024. I would appreciate a
- message from anyone who tries it on a 2-sided drive.
-
- It is used by typing Alt-V (the PC-TALK "View" command). The "View" command
- will now list the number of bytes of free space remaining on the "logged"
- disk (which disk is the logged disk can be changed via the Alt-L command).
- The logged disk is normally the B: disk. The "View" command otherwise works
- exactly as before. If you don't want also to view a file after pressing
- Alt-V, just hit RETURN.
-
- The values presently used in the DEF SEG and CLEAR statements assume a 64K
- system and assume you haven't "pushed down" BASIC in memory by expanding DOS
- with additional programs such as a print spooler, or by using a later
- version of DOS than V1.1. If you have only 64K and haven't "optimized" your
- version of PC-TALK, this merge might cause you to run out of memory. With
- more than 64K, things are much easier. If you have more than 64K you should
- remove "20 CLEAR ,40000 " and change the DEF SEG statements to place DSK
- at a location outside BASIC's data segment (DEF SEG=&H1700 should work for
- most systems).
-
- DO NOT CHANGE "DSK=&H100" (unless you enjoy debugging).
-
- By the way, BASIC's being limited to 64K means it can use 64K IN ADDITION TO
- DOS and the BASIC.COM file. This means that if you have 96K or more, BASIC
- has approx. 22K more memory available than in a 64K system.
-
-
- Jack Wright
-
- s means th