The next parameter in the command selects the drive number.
Press the “D” key and if you have a single disk drive, press the
zero key followed by a comma. Dual drives are labeled 0 and 1.
The device number parameter starts with the letter U so press
the “ U” key followed by the preassigned device number for a
Commodore disk drive which is 8.
Here is an example of the long form of the HEADER command:
HEADER“RECS”,IA1 ,D0,U8 RETURN
This command formats the diskette, calling it RECS, the i.d.
number A1, on drive 0, unit 8.
The default values for disk drive (0) and device number (8) will be
used if none are supplied. This is an acceptable long form of the
HEADER command:
HEADER “MYDISK”, 151 nfTlinn
The HEADER command can also be used to erase all data from
a used disk, so the disk can be reused as if it were a brand new
disk. Be careful that you don’t erase a disk that contains data you
may want someday.
The quick form of the HEADER command can be used if the disk
was previously formatted with the long form of the HEADER
command.
The quick form clears the directory, erasing all data in the same
way as the long form, but keeps the same i.d. as was previously
used. Here is what the quick HEADER might look like:
HEADER “NEWPROGS” nCTlinN
SAVEing on Disk
ln C128 mode, you can store your program on disk by using
either of the following commands:
DSAVE“PROGRAM NAME”
SAVE“PROGRAM NAME”,8
Either command can be used. Remember that the character
sequence DSAVE" can be displayed on the screen by pressing
the function key labeled F5, or you can type the sequence
yourself. The program name can be any name you choose, up to
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