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Subject: COMMODORE 8032 FORTH
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Date: 22 Mar 90 02:43:04 GMT
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 Date: 03-20-90 (23:06)              Number: 3053 (Echo)
   To: CHARLIE HITSELBERGER          Refer#: 3049
 From: JERRY SHIFRIN                   Read: NO
 Subj: BLAZIN' FORTH FOR C64         Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 CH>0th block of that device.  For instance, when I am using drive 8 I sa
 CH>something like " DR8 3 BLOCK " and it pulls in the 4th block of that
 CH>drive to the memory buffer.  Drive 9, 10, and 11 would be similarly

 This is how I've seen it implemented on other Forths, but as you
 know, it's Forth, so you can do whatever appeals to you <grin>!
 One advantage to specifying the device is that it should trigger
 the need to do things like FLUSH, EMPTY-BUFFERS, etc.

 Four drives on a C64???  Sheesh!
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