OSBYTE &00

OSBYTE &00 (0) - Identify Host/Operating System

On entry, X=0  - Generate error giving host and OS type
          X<>0 - Return host/OS in X

On exit,  X=host/OS type:

   0 Electron
   1 BBC
   2 BBC B+
   3 Master 128
   4 Master ET
   5 Master Compact
   6 Arthur or RISC OS
   7 Springboard
   8 UNIX or UNIX-type system
  28 Commodore 64/128
  29 Texas Instruments calculator
  30 Amstrad CPC
  31 Sinclair ZX Spectrum
>=32 IBM PC-type system (DOS, Windows, etc.)

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.

See also

• Multiplatform programming

Jgharston 22:41, 6 September 2007 (BST)