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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
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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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