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A LIST OF MASTER 512 DOS INTERRUPTS INT 40 - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSFIND" - OPEN FILE
AL = operation
00h close file
40h open file for reading
80h open file for writing
C0h open file for random access
DS:BX -> CR-terminated filename
Return: AL = file handle (00h if file closed or could not be opened) Note: the Acorn BBC Master 512 is an 80186-based add-on board for the 6502-based Master 128 which uses the original CPU as an I/O processor
INT 41 - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSGBPB" - MULTI-BYTE GET/PUT AL = function
01h put bytes sequentially
02h put bytes, ignoring sequential pointer
03h get bytes sequentially
04h get bytes, ignoring sequential pointer
05h get media title and boot option
06h get current device and directory
07h get current library and device
08h search directory
DS:BX -> control block (see #2345)
Return: CF clear if successful
CF set on error
AL = 00h if operation attempted
AL unchanged if unsupported function

Format of BBC Master control block:
Offset Size Description (Table 2345)
00h BYTE file handle
01h DWORD pointer to data in either I/O processor or Tube processor
05h DWORD number of bytes to be transferred
09h DWORD transfer address

INT 42 - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSBPUT" - WRITE SINGLE BYTE TO FILE
AL = byte to be written
BH = file handle
Return: flags destroyed

INT 43 - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSBGET" - READ SINGLE BYTE FROM FILE
BH = file handle
Return: CF clear if successful
AL = byte read from file
CF set on error

INT 44 - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSARGS" - GET/SET FILE PARAMS FOR OPEN FILE
AH = 00h
AL = function
00h get current filing system
Return: AL = filing system (see #2346)
01h get address of commandline tail
Return: BX buffer filled with address of command tail in I/O
processor address space (use INT 4A/AL=05h to retrieve)
FFh flush all files onto secondary storage
BX -> 4-byte data buffer
Note: the commandline tail is terminated with a carriage return (0Dh)

(Table 2346)
Values for BBC Master filing system:
00h none
01h 1200 bps cassette
02h 300 bps cassette
03h ROM FS
04h DFS
05h ANFS/NFS
06h TFS
08h ADFS

INT 45 - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSFILE" - READ/WRITE FILE OR DIRECTORY INFO
AL = function
00h save block of memory as file
01h update directory entry for existing file
02h set load address for existing file
03h set execution address for existing file
04h set attributes for existing file
05h read directory
06h delete file
FFh load file
DS:BX -> control block (see #2347)
Return: FLAGS destroyed
AL = file type
00h not found
01h file found
02h directory found
FFh protected file

Format of BBC Master control block:
Offset Size Description (Table 2347)
00h WORD address of CR-terminated filename
02h DWORD load address of file
06h DWORD execution address of file
0Ah DWORD start address of data to save
0Eh DWORD end address of data to save, or file attributes file attributes in low byte (see #2348) other three bytes are filing-system specific file attributes

Bitfields for BBC Master file attributes:
Bit(s) Description (Table 2348)
0 no owner read access
1 no owner write access
2 not executable by owner
3 not deletable by owner
4 no public read access
5 no public write access
6 not executable with public access
7 not deletable with public access

INT 46 - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSRDCH" - GET CHARACTER FROM CUR INPUT STREAM
Return: CF clear if successful
AL = character read
CF set on error
AL = error code

INT 47 - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSWRCH" - WRITE CHARACTER TO CUR OUTPUT STREAM
AL = character to be written
Return: FLAGS destroyed

INT 48 - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSNEWL" - SEND NEWLINE TO OUTPUT STREAM
Return: FLAGS destroyed
Note: writes a carriage return (0Dh) followed by a linefeed (0Ah)

INT 49 - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSASCI" - WRITE CHARACTER TO CUR OUTPUT STREAM
AL = character to be written
Return: FLAGS destroyed
Note: converts carriage return (0Dh) into CRLF sequence (0Dh 0Ah)

INT 4A - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSWORD" - MISC FUNCTIONS USING CONTROL BLOCK
AL = function code
FAh transfer data between 80186 and 65C12 I/O processor
DS:BX -> control block (see #2354)
Return: FLAGS destroyed
control block updated
Note: there are more functions than are listed here, but details are not available

Format of BBC Master control block for function FAh:
Offset Size Description (Table 2354)
00h BYTE number of parameters sent to I/O processor (0Dh,0Eh)
01h BYTE number of parameters read from I/O processor (01h)
02h DWORD I/O processor address
06h DWORD 80186 segment:offset address
0Ah WORD number of bytes to transfer
0Ch BYTE operation type
00h write to 65C12 at 24 us/byte
01h read from 65C12 at 24 us/byte
02h write to 65C12 at 26 us/word
03h read from 65C12 at 26 us/word
04h write to 65C12 at 10 us/byte using 256-byte blocks
05h read from 65C12 at 10 us/byte using 256-byte blocks
0Dh BYTE 65C12 memory access control (only used if offset 00h = 0Eh)
(see #2355)

Bitfields for 65C12 memory access control:
Bit(s) Description (Table 2355)
7 unused
6 always use main screen memory if I/O addr 3000h-7FFFh (overrides bit 5)
5 use shadow screen memory if screen address specified
4 use current ROM rather than ROM selected by bits 3-0 (only if I/O address between 8000h and BFFFh)
3-0 paged ROM number

INT 4B - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSBYTE" - MISC FUNCTIONS USING REGISTER PARAMS
AL = function code
BL = first parameter
BH = second parameter (if needed)
Return: BL = first return parameter
BH = second return parameter
CF depends on function

INT 4C - Acorn BBC Master 512 - "OSCLI" - INTERPRET COMMAND LINE
DS:BX -> CR-terminated command string
Return: FLAGS destroyed

INT E0 - CP/M-86, Concurrent CP/M, DR Multiuser DOS - FUNCTION CALLS
CL = function number (see #3146)
DS,DX = parameters
Return: as appropriate for function
CX is often the error code

(Table 3146)
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80h get XIOS version
81h get Tube semaphore
82h release Tube semaphore
83h select text/graphics
84h update B&W graphics rectangle
85h update color graphics rectangle
86h get/release/update mouse
87h get system error info
88h entry in CLOCK called by WatchDog RSP
89h BBC OSBYTE function
8Ah BBC OSWORD function

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