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Some of the best known RSX commands are the ones provided by AMSDOS, as they were present on all CPC664, CPC6128, 6128plus and CPC464 with DDI-1:
 
Some of the best known RSX commands are the ones provided by AMSDOS, as they were present on all CPC664, CPC6128, 6128plus and CPC464 with DDI-1:
  
|A
+
|A<br>
 
Makes drive A: the current work drive
 
Makes drive A: the current work drive
  
|B
+
|B<br>
 
Makes drive B: the current work drive
 
Makes drive B: the current work drive
  
|CPM
+
|CPM<br>
 
Starts CP/M (or other systems) from a system disk
 
Starts CP/M (or other systems) from a system disk
  
|DISC
+
|DISC<br>
 
Switches back to disk drive use after |TAPE
 
Switches back to disk drive use after |TAPE
  
|TAPE
+
|TAPE<br>
 
Makes the CPC use the tape recorder for file access
 
Makes the CPC use the tape recorder for file access
  
 
RSX command extensions can be implemented through ROMs (like AMSDOS or other disk operating systems) or by programs.
 
RSX command extensions can be implemented through ROMs (like AMSDOS or other disk operating systems) or by programs.

Revision as of 08:49, 21 April 2007

RSX (Resident System eXtensions) were a way to extend the command set of Locomotive BASIC, e.g. for accessing external peripherals like disk drives, light pens, speech synthesizers and so on.

RSX commands can be distinguished from normal commands by the preceeding | (Also called "RSX slash").

Some of the best known RSX commands are the ones provided by AMSDOS, as they were present on all CPC664, CPC6128, 6128plus and CPC464 with DDI-1:

|A
Makes drive A: the current work drive

|B
Makes drive B: the current work drive

|CPM
Starts CP/M (or other systems) from a system disk

|DISC
Switches back to disk drive use after |TAPE

|TAPE
Makes the CPC use the tape recorder for file access

RSX command extensions can be implemented through ROMs (like AMSDOS or other disk operating systems) or by programs.