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AMSDOS Hidden RSX Functions

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/* Init */
"V ROM" Vortex VDOS2.0
"Pdos" PARADOS
"Vdos" VARADOS
"ROMDOS " KDS ROMDOS, Siren Software ROMDOS XL, and XL 4.0
"XDDOS ROM" Dobbertin X-DDOS 1.11 and X-DDOS 2.10
"RODOS ROM" Romantic Robot RODOS 2.11, 2.15, 2.19
The names are typically containing "invalid" characters like spaces or lowercase letters, so they can't be accidently accidentally used in BASIC as |NAME.
== Notes ==
* AMSDOS supports only single-sided disks (the FDC supports two sides, but AMSDOS doesn't). All other DOS clones like [[VDOS]], RODOS, ROMDOS, PARADOS, [[XD-DOS]] support double-sided disks. However, unknown if/how some/all/which of that clones allow to access the 2nd side via above functions (possibly/best by unused bits in the drive number, or by extending track number to 0..159 for 2x80 tracks)?
* The above chr(8xh) function vectors are usually at ROM7:C033h..C04Dh in AMSDOS, however, clones like VDOS, RODOS, ROMDOS, X-DDOS have the vectors arranged differently, so always use KL_FIND_COMMAND to obtain the function address.
 
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