Description
SOS BASIC is a BASIC extension that is provided by the installation of the Stringy Operating System (SOS), required to use the Spectravideo SVI-777 device, an unusual cassette data recorder.
This peripheral was sold with a Master Tape and you needed to type BLOAD"cas:boot",R under Basic (the name "boot" can be omitted) to install the OS.
Instructions
SOS BASIC extends the 6 following instructions: CLOSE, LOAD, MERGE, OPEN, RUN, SAVE, and adds 9 new instructions, most of them are inspired by standard instructions or MSX-DOS commands. They can't be used on MSX turbo R.
In a similar way to QuickDisk BASIC, 8 of these new instructions are linked to function keys, whose content is redefined.
Note: CALL can be replaced by the character underscore (_). A space is not required after this character. See CALL for more info.
Data Storage
| Instruction | Generation | Function key | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALL SDIR | MSX1 | F1 | Displays infos about the fies on the Microwafer tape |
| CALL SKILL | MSX1 | Deletes a specified file on the Microwafer tape | |
| CALL SLOAD | MSX1 | F2 | Loads a specified file from the Microwafer tape |
| CALL SMOUNT | MSX1 | F10 | Loads in RAM the directory of the Microwafer tape |
| CALL SREMOVE | MSX1 | F9 | Updates the directory of the Microwafer tape |
| CALL SREN | MSX1 | F7 | Renames a specified file on the Microwafer tape |
| CALL SRUN | MSX1 | F3 | Loads a specified file from the Microwafer tape |
| CALL SSAVE | MSX1 | F6 | Saves the BASIC program present in RAM or a specified area of the RAM to the Microwafer tape |
| CALL SSET | MSX1 | F8 | Sets the attributes and autorun way of a specified file on the Microwafer tape |
Pages in category "SOS BASIC"
The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
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