SIO Command $E7 New Disk

New Disk ($E7)

Description

Given the following parameters:

• Number of total sectors
• Sector Size
• Host Slot
• Device Slot

Create a new, blank disk image on the specified host.

Parameters

DCB	Value
DDEVIC	$70
DUNIT	$01
DCOMND	$E7
DSTATS	$80
DBUF	newDisk buffer (42 bytes)
DTIMLO	$E0
DBYT	42
DAUX1	0
DAUX2	0

Examples

C

union
{
  struct
  {
    unsigned short numSectors;
    unsigned short sectorSize;
    unsigned char hostSlot;
    unsigned char deviceSlot;
    char filename[36];
  };
  unsigned char rawData[42];
} newDisk;
       
    OS.dcb.ddevic=0x70;
    OS.dcb.dunit=1;
    OS.dcb.dcomnd=0xE7;
    OS.dcb.dstats=0x80;
    OS.dcb.dbuf=newDisk.rawData;
    OS.dcb.dtimlo=0x0f;
    OS.dcb.dbyt=42;
    OS.dcb.daux=0; 
    siov();

See Also

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