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[[Category:OSBYTE]]
 
[[Category:OSBYTE]]
===OSBYTE &00 (0) - Identify Host/Operating System===
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  On entry, X=0  - Generate error number 247 giving host and OS type
 
  On entry, X=0  - Generate error number 247 giving host and OS type
 
           X<>0 - Return host/OS in X
 
           X<>0 - Return host/OS in X
 
   
 
   
 
  On exit,  X=host/OS type:
 
  On exit,  X=host/OS type:
    0 Electron                   8 UNIX or UNIX-type system
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  0 Electron/Communicator  8 UNIX-type system
    1 BBC                       9 6809/6309 system with "dir/file.ext"
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  1 BBC                   9 6809/6309 system     17 6809/6309 system
    2 BBC B+                   17 6809/6309 system with "dir.file/ext"
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  2 BBC B+               10 MacOS X
    3 Master 128
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  3 Master 128
    4 Master ET                 28 Commodore 64/128
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  4 Master ET                                                         28 Commodore 64/128
    5 Master Compact           29 Texas Instruments calculator
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  5 Master Compact                                                   29 Texas Instruments calculator
    6 Arthur or RISC OS         30 Amstrad CPC
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  6 Arthur or RISC OS                                                 30 Amstrad CPC
    7 Springboard               31 Sinclair ZX Spectrum
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  7 Springboard                                                       31 Sinclair ZX Spectrum
  >=32 IBM PC-type system (DOS, Windows, etc.)
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    :d.dir.file/ext          dir/file.ext            :d.dir.file/ext    d:file.ext
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  32 IBM PC-type system (DOS, Windows, etc.)
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39 6809/6309 system
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    d:\dir\file.ext
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==Implementations==
 
==Implementations==
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second processor will always be told what the I/O host is regardless of
 
second processor will always be told what the I/O host is regardless of
 
what the host is and what the second processor is.
 
what the host is and what the second processor is.
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80x86 BBC BASIC running on DOS and Windows returns 32 as a side effect
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of reading the character under the cursor. Properly written code that
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calls OSBYTE 0 will know to do so in a manner that ensures this occurs.
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Normally this just means calling OSBYTE 0 at program startup before
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outputting anything.
  
 
==Platform capabilities==
 
==Platform capabilities==
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* [[Multiplatform programming]]
 
* [[Multiplatform programming]]
  
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[[User:Jgharston|Jgharston]] 22:41, 6 September 2007 (BST)
 
[[User:Jgharston|Jgharston]] 22:41, 6 September 2007 (BST)
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[[User:Jgharston|Jgharston]] ([[User talk:Jgharston|talk]]) 06:35, 12 April 2020 (CEST)

Revision as of 20:59, 21 January 2021

OSBYTE &00 (0) - Identify Host/Operating System
On entry, X=0  - Generate error number 247 giving host and OS type
          X<>0 - Return host/OS in X

On exit,  X=host/OS type:
 0 Electron/Communicator  8 UNIX-type system
 1 BBC                    9 6809/6309 system     17 6809/6309 system
 2 BBC B+                10 MacOS X
 3 Master 128
 4 Master ET                                                         28 Commodore 64/128
 5 Master Compact                                                    29 Texas Instruments calculator
 6 Arthur or RISC OS                                                 30 Amstrad CPC
 7 Springboard                                                       31 Sinclair ZX Spectrum
   :d.dir.file/ext          dir/file.ext            :d.dir.file/ext     d:file.ext

32 IBM PC-type system (DOS, Windows, etc.)
39 6809/6309 system
   d:\dir\file.ext

Implementations

Early documentation refers to OSBYTE 0 as returning the OS version. As more systems were developed, it became more correct to refer to it returning a value indicating the host. For example, code running on a second processor will always be told what the I/O host is regardless of what the host is and what the second processor is.

80x86 BBC BASIC running on DOS and Windows returns 32 as a side effect of reading the character under the cursor. Properly written code that calls OSBYTE 0 will know to do so in a manner that ensures this occurs. Normally this just means calling OSBYTE 0 at program startup before outputting anything.

Platform capabilities

Over time the OSBYTE 0 return value has evolved to become a bitmap representing the capabilities of the host system, primarily of the file system structure.

  • %000x0xxx Filenames are directory.filename/extension, eg BBC, RISC OS
  • %000x1xxx Filenames are directory/filename.extension, eg Unix, CP/M
  • %nnnxxxxx Filenames are directory\filename.extension, eg DOS, Windows

This can also be represented as:

  • %000x0xxx Directory seperator is '.'
  • %000x1xxx Directory seperator is '/'
  • %nnnxxxxx Directory seperator is '\'
  • %000x0xxx Extension seperator is '/'
  • %nnnxnxxx Extension seperator is '.'

This allow programs to use code similar to the following:

  A%=0:X%=1:os%=((USR&FFF4)AND&FF00)DIV256
  d$=".":s$="/":IF(os%AND-24):d$="/":s$=".":IF(os%AND-32):d$="\"
  filename$=dir$+d$+name$+s$+ext$

See also


Jgharston 22:41, 6 September 2007 (BST) Jgharston (talk) 06:35, 12 April 2020 (CEST)