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ProDOS 8 Technical Reference Manual Index

A

A register
96
access
150, 153, 157
byte
13
accumulator
29, 77, 85
Active Entries
158
ALLOC_INTERRUPT call
35, 170, 111, 178
alternate 64K RAM bank
89
APPEND command
131
Apple II
xvi, 98
Apple II Plus
98
Apple II SOS
176
Apple IIc
98, 143
Apple IIe
98, 143
Apple IIe with extended 80-column text card
89
Apple III
98
file types
176
Applesoft
121, 134, 142
assembly language
131
aux_type
39, 46, 50, 100, 157
auxiliary bank hi-res graphics pages
89

B

backup bit
63, 64, 172
BADCALL
128
bank-switching routines
97
BASIC.SYSTEM
xv, 82, 121, 124, 176
BEEP example
136
BEEPSLOT example
138
binary files
176
bit map
84, 150
BLOAD command
132
Block Entries
158
Block File Manager (BFM)
7, 28, 31
block number
115, 146
blocks
18
blocks_used
50, 156
boot code
176
boot ROM
22
boot ROM disk drives
112
booting
22
BRUN command
132
BSAVE command
132
buffer
15
buffer allocation
25
buffer pointer
115
byte, locating a specific
166

C

C-flag 29, 77
calendar card
See clock/calendar card
calls filing
33, 56
calls housekeeping
32
calls system
35
carry flag
122
CAT command
132
CATALOG command
132
catalog format
101
CHAIN command
131
clock/calendar card
2, 6, 71, 99
CLOSE call
13, 16, 17, 26, 34, 99, 104, 132
CMDADR address
108
Command Dispatcher
7, 28
command list
134
commands, adding
134
CONVERT.program
3, 176
CREATE call
13, 32, 99, 104, 132
create_date
39, 51
create_time
39, 51
creation
150, 153, 156
creation date
171
creation time
171
creation_date
13
creation_time
13

D

dash (-) command
131
data blocks
19
data_buffer
15, 52, 55
data files
18
date and time, system
71
DEALLOC INTERRUPT call
35, 107, 112
defaults (system program)
100
DELETE call
132
DESTROY call
13, 32, 99, 104
device drivers
142
directory files
3, 17, 18, 176
directory files reading
157
directory files structure
18
disconnecting /RAM
90
disk access
16
disk controller card
113
disk device driver vectors
94
disk devices
95
disk driver routines
28
disk operating system
xv, 2
disk RAM
91
disk volume
143
Disk II driver
113
disk-drive controller card
22
dispatcher code
87
DOS 3.3
174
DOS 3.3 disks
73
DOS ProDOS Conversion program
xv, 3
DOSCMD vector
131, 134

E

80-column text card
99
emulation mode
98
enable_mask
58
entries (directory file)
17
Entries Per Block
150, 153, 154, 158
entry field
43, 47
Entry Length variable
158
Entry Pointer variable
158
entry_length
150, 153
entry points
94
EOF
15, 20, 67, 156, 164, 171
EOF See also individual calls
error codes (ProDOS)
77
EXEC file
17, 131
EXERCISER program
31, 180
EXTRNCMD location
134

F

FBITS
126, 141
fields, pointer
148
file(s) binary
176
file(s) buffer
26
file(s) closing
14, 16
file(s) control block
14, 56
file(s) creating
13
file(s) data
19
file(s) directory
18, 176
file(s) flushing
16
file(s) logical size
67
file(s) naming
10
file(s) opening
13
file_count
150, 153, 154 158
file_name
150, 150, 153, 156
file_type
13
filename
10
Filer, ProDOS
176
Filer Program
xv
filing calls
3, 5
filing calls ProDOS vs. SOS
177
FLUSH
16, 17, 34, 99, 104, 132
FORMAT call
113
FRE call
132

G

GET_BUF call
26, 34
GET_EOF call
15, 34, 177
GET_FILE_INFO call
32, 43, 99, 100, 177
GET_MARK call
15, 34
GET_PREFIX call
11,33
GET_TIME call
35, 99, 104
GETLN input buffer
105, 135
global page
84, 104, 141
global variables
25
GOSYSTEM
127, 129

H

header entry
147
header_pointer
157
headers (subdirectory)
151
HELP command
141
hi-res graphics
89
HIMEM command
141
housekeeping calls
3, 32, 36-54

I

I/O buffer
14, 69
I/O vectors
123
IN# command
22, 132
index blocks
19, 160, 162, 163
input/output buffer
14, 69
input/output vectors
123
input/output ProDOS vs. SOS
177
int_num
72, 73
interrupt(s)
2, 72
interrupt(s) routines
97
exit routines
97
handler
28
handling calls
3
Receiver/Dispatcher
7
vector(s)
96
vector(s) table
72
interrupt-driven devices
121
io_buffer
16, 33
io_buffer See also individual calls
IVERSION
97

J

jump to subroutine (JSR)
29

K

key block
146, 147, 151, 159, 162, 164
key_pointer
156
key_pointer field
36
KVERSION
97

L

language card area
106
last_mod
157
level
56
linked list
36
LOAD command
131
loader program
22, 146
LOCK command
132
logical block
146
LOMEM command
122

M

MACHID byte
96, 98
machine configuration
98
Machine Language Interface (MLI)
3
machine language routines
xv, 121
MARK
14, 15, 20, 65, 66, 164, 166
master index block
19, 160, 163
memory
98
memory calls
3
memory handling (ProDOS vs. SOS)
178
memory management
2
memory map
24, 95
memory page
181
min_version
150, 153, 157
MLI (Machine Language Interface)
3, 5, 15, 22, 23, 25, 108, 180
MLI (Machine Language Interface) entry point
94
MLI (Machine Language Interface) issuing calls to
29
MLIATV flag
108
mod_date
46
mod_time
46, 50
Modify Buffer command
181
monitor
142

N

name_length
150, 153, 154, 156, 158
new_pathname
42
NEWLINE call
15, 33
newline_char
58
NOHELP command
141
null prefix
11
null_field
46

O

ON_LINE command
33, 178
OPEN call
26, 31, 33, 132, 177

P

pages
5
param_count
See individual calls
parameter count
31
parent_entry_length
154
parent_entry_number
154
parent_pointer
153
parsing command
140
partial pathnames
10, 11
Pascal area
156
pathname
10, 11, 13
PBITS
126, 135, 141
peripheral cards
xvii
pointer
18, 31
POSITION command
132
PR# command
22, 132
prefix
11, 132
ProDOS BASIC Programming Examples disk
3
ProDOS
xv
ProDOS Editor/Assembler
176
ProDOS error codes
77
ProDOS Filer
3, 20
ProDOS Machine Language Interface
5, 142, 180
PRODOS program
22
ProDOS User's Disk
3
ProFile
4
program selectors
86

Q

QUIT call
87

R

/RAM
23, 89, 143
/RAM alternate 64K RAM bank
89
/RAM disconnecting
90
/RAM reinstalling
92
RAM disks
91
READ call
15, 33, 113, 131
READ_BLOCK call
35, 73, 174
ref_num
13
reference number
15, 16
register, stack
96
RENAME call
13, 32, 99, 104, 132, 150, 153, 156
request_count
62
request_count See also individual calls
RESET vector
101
RESTORE command
132
result command
31
RUN command
131
RWTS (DOS 3.3)
174

S

sapling file
19, 156, 160, 164, 171
SAVE command
132
search order, volume
23
sectors
146
seedling file
19, 156, 160, 161
SET_BUF call
26
SET_EOF call
15, 34, 178
SET_FILE_INFO call
13, 32, 47, 99, 100, 104, 157, 172
SET_MARK call
15, 34, 66, 178
SET_PREFIX call
11, 33
SHOWTIME program
109-112
16-sector ROMs
113
6502 machine language
xv, xvi
6502 registers
107, 108
slot(s)
xvii
slot(s) and drive
100
slot(s) 5
113
slot(s) 6
113
soft switches
106
SOS file
177
SOS KERNEL file
176
SOS volume command
178
sparse files
161
stack
25, 89, 107
register
96
standard files
17, 19, 159-166
starting up
22
startup disk
22
startup volume
23
STATUS call
113
status register
96
storage_type
13, 36, 39, 50, 150, 153, 154, 156, 158, 159, 162, 163
STORE command
132
strings
140
subdirectory
4
subdirectory files
147
SYSCTBL
129
system bit map
5
system date and time
71, 99
system failure
79
system global page
22
system level
16
system prefix
55
system programs
2, 3, 25, 82
system programs quitting
87
system programs starting
86

T

13-sector ROMs
113
tone, warning
101
total_blocks
151
tracks
146
trans_count
62
trans_count See also individual calls
tree files
19, 156, 159, 160, 164, 171
tree structure
19, 36

U

unit_num
52
UNLOCK command
132

V

value
31
variables (global)
25
version
150, 153, 156
volume(s)
146
volume(s) bit map
146
volume(s) directory
4, 147
volume(s) directory file
146
volume(s) finding
100
volume(s) names
10, 51
volume(s) search order
23
VPATH1
141
VPATH2
141

W

WRITE command
15, 34, 113, 131
write buffer
64
WRITE_BLOCK call
35, 73, 174

X

X register
96, 122
XCNUM
135, 141
XLEN
135, 141
XRETURN
135
XTRNADDR
135, 141
XXX.SYSTEM
22, 82

Y

Y register
96, 122

Z

zero page
107