can you load a file into memory in amigabasic or in amigados?

[nbache]

Yes, much better explanation, thanks.

So when you read the disk tracks directly, it's not really a file either, but of course those data that you read can be written into a file, and from there on it looks like you know what to do.

I'm not at all familiar with things like Amos or Blitz, but hopefully someone else can help more there.

Just be aware that when you read the raw data from the disk, you may often end up with chunks of data belonging to separate files, as they will often have been written to the disk interleaved with each other.

But if your aim is more or less to produce some "art" out of the data, that shouldn't be important to you, I guess.

Best regards,

Niels

[kolla]

https://aminet.net/package/util/sys/Dev-Handler

[the777]

https://aminet.net/package/util/sys/Dev-Handler

whats that? does it work with any basic interpreter?

[kolla]

whats that? does it work with any basic interpreter?

It's what it says in the readme...
"The DEV-Handler allows easy access to raw sectors of an exec type device under the dos.library environment."

It means you can access block devices, such as floppy drives, hard drives and partitions, as if they are files, straight from DOS.

Can your basic interpreter read files? If yes, then it can also read disks and partitions.

For example, you can load a raw image of a floppy disk into your basic interpreter simply by reading in the file DEV:DF0 (or if you prefer, DEV:trackdisk.device/0)

[nbache]

@the777

All once the Dev-handler has been installed and is active, or course (just trying to help avoid any misunderstandings).

The Dev-handler, when active, is what does the magic to create a "DEV:" pseudo-device, under which your disktracks appear as files.

At least thats' the main gist of it. But do read the readme and other docs.

(Never tried it myself, but looks useful and simple if you need it).

Best regards,

Niels