DD_ASK_1

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• spectrumAPI

Function	Address	Description
DD_ASK_1	017B	Check to see if unit 1 is present

Synopsys

Check to see if unit 1 is present. BASIC holds this information in bit 5 of the FLAGS3 system variable.

Turn motor on.

Fetch drive status.

If unit 1 is not-ready and write-protected, then unit 1 is missing. Start motor off timeout.

Note that this routine can be fooled by disks which are almost, but not quite, inserted in the drive.

This routine assumes that when a disk is not in the drive, then write-protect is true. This is indeed the case for 3 inch and 8 inch disk drives, but is not the case for 5 1/4 inch disk drives.

Entry Parameters

None

Exit Parameters

If unit 1 present:

Carry true

Otherwise:

Carry false

Always:

A BC DE HL IX corrupt, all other registers preserved.