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Article #2413Re: Wanted: How to tell if drive B is REALLY attached?
From: Michael B. Vederman
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1989 16:37
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1989 16:37
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In article <3904@orca.WV.TEK.COM> jeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM (Jeff Beadles) writes:
>
>The title pretty well tells it all. I need to know if drive B is attached.
>The functions that I've seen thus far always report two drives, and want the
>user to swap.
>
>I would prefer a "legal" way to do this so my application will work under any
>of the various TOS's.
>
>Please reply via email, and I'll summarize to the net.
>
>Thanks
> -Jeff
>--
>Jeff Beadles jeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM or uunet!tektronix!quark.wv!jeff
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There really is no need to send to you so you can summarize, there is one way
that is WELL documented (and one not so well documented way).
WELL documented:
variable $4a6 - _nflops - number of floppy disks actually attached to the
system (0, 1, or 2)
Not well documented: After appl_init one of the outint locations has the
drive map (I can't remember off hand).
- mike
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!nuchat!moray!uhnix1!uhnix2!uace0 From: uace0@uhnix2.uh.edu (Michael B. Vederman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Wanted: How to tell if drive B is REALLY attached? Message-ID: <807@uhnix2.uh.edu> Date: 16 Jul 89 16:37:54 GMT References: <3904@orca.WV.TEK.COM> Reply-To: uace0@uhnix2.UUCP Distribution: na Organization: University of Houston Lines: 39